Chapter 205 Yingtai Sunset (10-1)

On the seventh day of October, the governors, generals, and admirals who came to Beijing to wish the shrimp all received the decree, and they were allowed to "sit in and listen to the opera" for three days on the ninth, tenth and eleventh day of October.Officials who are over 50 years old will be rewarded with a "boat ride at Xiyuan Gate".Because the Empress Dowager Cixi spent three days singing in Xiyuan. There are many stages in the palace, the largest one is in Rehe Mountain Resort, followed by Changyin Pavilion in Ningshou Palace, and Yile Hall in Summer Palace.These three stages are all divided into three floors, and there are five large wells under the stage. The function of opening the wells is not only to gather sound, but also to add another layer. , "Pagoda Majestic" and so on, all use winches to hang lotus flowers and pagodas from the well, which can dazzle people and make them wonder what's going on.

In addition, such as Changchun Palace and Shufangzhai in Da Nei, Paiyun Hall and Tingli Pavilion in the Summer Palace, there are theaters, but the scale is too small to accommodate court officials.A stage in between is in Xiyuan Fengze Garden. The eunuch called it "nuanhe", because this place is not as spacious as the three major stages, and it is warmer than the three major stages in winter, so it has this nickname. The opening of the opera was after the court celebration, around nine o'clock, the princes and ministers who were ordered to be seated to listen to the opera had already arrived at Fengze Garden.The place where the opera is performed is in the two verandahs, which are divided into many rooms, which are pre-arranged according to the level of the title.The first room in the east is the princes and county kings next to Qing Wang Yikuang, and the first room in the west is the Manchu and Han scholars headed by Sun Jianai.The last room in this row is Chen Kuilong, governor of Sichuan, and three first-rank military officers: Ma Yukun, Jiang Guiti, and Xia Xinyou.

Soon, the eunuchs shouted to each other: "Here!" All the officials knelt down in their places.I saw a yellow satin sedan chair meandering in, and it was Li Lianying and Cui Yugui who supported the sedan chair.There are people in front of the sedan chair, which is the emperor, and there are people behind the sedan chair, including the empress, concubines, princesses, Fujin, and the "female Qing guest" Mrs. Miao. When the Empress Dowager Cixi ascended to the throne in the middle of the stage, the princes and ministers kowtowed three times in their original places.Immediately, a eunuch with a loud voice declared loudly:

"Rewards!" As soon as he finished speaking, a row of eunuchs came out from the west corner gate, each holding a red lacquer golden dragon box, and they filed in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the first one stood still.Cui Yugui stepped forward to lift the lid of the box, knelt on his knees and said in his sharp and sharp left voice: "Please take a look at Lafayette." "Is the stuff fresh?" asked the Empress Dowager Cixi. "Fresh! Still steaming!" "Okay! Share it with everyone! Prepare more hot soup and good tea." Cui Yugui agreed, and personally led the eunuchs to distribute food boxes, one for each.Tianchu's delicacy is really extraordinary, but this box of Keshi is not cheap, the Minister of Internal Affairs issued a notice in advance, and collected a total of three thousand taels of silver to reward the eunuch.The princes and ministers who sit to listen to the opera will each be given more than fifty taels of silver.

When the officials were eating, two large curtains were set up in front of the stage, one from north to east, and the other from north to west. The three sides did not meet each other, and only the characters on the stage were seen, which was called "sitting apart". At noon, it happened that Empress Dowager Cixi's most appreciated song "Si Lang Visits His Mother" sang "Hui Ling", and the eunuch gave a decree to give a banquet.The banquet is held in the side hall, and the steaming Yipin pot is very popular when there is light snow.The princes and ministers who usually pay attention to dignity and etiquette are very easy-going at this time. They find a seat to sit down, drink heavily, eat large pieces of meat, and go back to the original place to listen to the play until six o'clock after the lights are lit. Fang began to withdraw the curtain.After the play broke up, he still kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Cixi three times before retreating.

This continued for three days, with eight or nine hours of play every day.The Empress Dowager Cixi listened to all the good roles in Beijing, and she was addicted to the drama, but the emperor was so tired that he fell ill. ※ ※ ※ Originally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hired two famous doctors, one named Chen Bingjun and the other named Cao Yuanheng, each of whom was awarded the title of chief minister by order, and they were ready to call for pulse at any time. This Chen Bingjun, whose medical name is Chen Lianfang, has long seen that the emperor is actually not seriously ill, but weak, he does not need to take medicine, but needs to be taken quietly.And this is the only thing that everyone can do, which is absolutely impossible for the emperor.As time went on, the emperor's health only got worse and worse.And it's too unworthy to bury one's own reputation in it, so he made up his mind early on, it's better to get out.At this time, he asked the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask for leave to return to his hometown.

"How can that be done?" Ji Lu, Minister of Internal Affairs, said, "The emperor has violated peace again in the past two days! He is about to rely on his wisdom. Doctor Chen, it is really inconvenient for me to act on behalf of you, and I hope you will reluctantly." "It's really powerless." Chen Lianfang said, "My lord, I have said more than once that if the emperor can't rest, the medicine will be for nothing." "I know, I know! Doctor Chen, you two are only helping me. I'll find a way to get some allowances for you two." "It doesn't matter!" Cao Yuanheng interjected: "Master Ji, to be honest, we also hope to cure the emperor's illness and earn a great reputation back home. Unfortunately, the rules of asking for pulse in the palace are different from those outside the palace. We all have some familiar patients in our hometown, and we can’t treat the symptoms unless we go to see them in person. At this level, the successor has to be considerate.”

"It's impossible!" Jilu's voice was not as gentle as before, "Is your patient more serious than the emperor?" Seeing this situation, Chen Lianfang knew that he couldn't force her anymore.He is from Zhujiajiao, Qingpu, a subordinate of Songjiang Prefecture. He has good medical skills, but his character is not pure, so he likes to use official affiliation to bluff people.He himself is in charge, and his son is the county magistrate. Now he once enshrined in the inner court, and returned to his hometown to play the sign of "imperial doctor". It is a matter of fame and fortune to make friends with Mr. Jinshen, so he urgently wants to go. Seeing Jilu now is not a good idea. It sounds good, so I decided to give in.

"Your Excellency," he said, "as a subject, you should be loyal and wise to do things right, but you may be unable to do what you want, and miss important things, and you have no other intentions." This means no longer insist on going.Jilu also saw the wind, and comforted him: "Let's do this," he said, "it's better for the two to work as errands. Now it's very convenient to travel from south to north. One will go back to his home and the other will be in Beijing. How about replacing him at that time?" ?” With this result, Chen and Cao are naturally happy to follow.So Jilu told Yikuang that he knew about it, and the next day he played the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time issued a decree, allowing Chen Bingjun and Cao Yuanheng to "stay in Beijing for missions in separate shifts, and change them every two months. Those who stayed in Beijing for missions, A monthly subsidy of two hundred taels of silver will be given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs." On the one hand, he sent secret telegrams to various provinces, urging him to find a good doctor, and if there was any result, he would send him to Beijing for pulse.

※ ※ ※ When the telegram arrived in Zhejiang, Feng Rutao, the newly appointed governor, was very nervous and invited his friends to ask for advice.The governor and the governor's friends are called "copywriting committee members", and they are very polite like the state and county magistrates to the "Old Master".If you are looking for someone alone to discuss matters, you will often ask for advice. If you want to consult extensively, you must order the small kitchen to prepare a table of dishes. Halfway through the day's meal, Feng Rutao took out the telegram, raised his head, and the whole audience looked at one person and laughed.This man's name is Du Zhongjun, style name Ziliang, from Yangzhou, he was the former friend of Zhang Zengyang, and Feng Rutao kept him in charge of correspondence.

"Why?" Feng Rutao asked: "Zi Weng must be good at this way?" "The real person doesn't show his face." Someone said: "Zi Weng's medical way is really called 'Starting to Chengchun'." "That's great!" Feng Rutao said, "I definitely recommend it." "No, no! Thank you Zhongcheng for your kindness. This matter has a lot to do with it, so I dare not follow orders!" The tone was so harsh that Feng Rutao was stunned.I was thinking in my heart that if he said that he didn't know much and didn't dare to try it rashly, he might be speaking modestly, saying that "the relationship is very different", that is, he has different opinions, and it is inconvenient to make mistakes. "Long-term plan, long-term plan!" Someone saw the wind, and with such a sentence, the matter was resolved and the deadlock was resolved. On the second day, Feng Rutao went to visit Du Zhongjun on purpose, explaining the purpose of his visit and persuading him to go to Beijing to apply for a job, but he also said that if he really has difficulties, he can discuss it. "Zhongcheng!" Du Zhongjun replied: "After the Reform Movement of 1898, there was also the act of seeking medical treatment. The situation at that time was always very clear to Zhongcheng." So Du Zhongjun told a story that he had personally heard about the "comrades".His comrade is a bannerman of the Han army stationed in Guangzhou. His surname is Dingao, and his style name is Guishan.The coup d'etat of 1898 caused shock at home and abroad, and soon there was an imperial edict to seek medical treatment for the emperor, and the general of Guangzhou recommended Men Ding'ao to Beijing to answer the imperial edict. At the same time, three other people were recommended as famous doctors: Zhu Yu, Yang Jihe, and another Yu Xun who, like Men Dingao, had a very remote surname.Men Dingao read a lot of medical books, drafted the pulse and finalized the case, quoted the "Nei Jing", "Su Wen" and the writings of various famous scholars since the Jin and Yuan Dynasties.Empress Dowager Cixi appreciated him very much and praised him as a Confucian doctor. When it was time to take medicine, it was consulted by four doctors.There are differences in opinions, profit and loss considerations, and finally formulate the pulse case and prescription.The conclusion of the pulse case is: "according to the various diseases, it is always caused by deficiency of endowment, long-term weakness of heart and spleen, deficiency of liver yin, rising of deficiency fire, inflammation of lung gold and burning of body fluid. It is suitable to use sweet and warm medicine to cultivate true essence , but the water is deficient and the fire is strong, so it is not subject to supplements, so it is restricted by medication. Now I intend to use the medicines for nourishing the mind and spleen, nourishing the lungs and promoting body fluid, nourishing the liver and kidney, and containing the products that strengthen the fire and suppress the fire. It is still suitable to save labor. Retreat and recuperate." The four of them privately agreed that the important thing was "it is still appropriate to save labor and recuperate and recuperate". There are fourteen herbs in total: Yunfu, Shenling, Huaishan medicine, Xishengdi, Ophiopogon japonicus, Yuanshen, Hangbai peony root, frost mulberry leaf, chamomile, golden dendrobium, platycodon grandiflorum, bamboo rutabaga, licorice, and trichosanthes.Anyone who has a little knowledge of medicine can see that there is no strong medicine that is strong and strong, and prescribing such a painless prescription is nothing more than perfunctory. At that time, the theory of abolishing the establishment was so rampant that even the ministers stationed in Beijing of various countries knew about it.In the end, I found a secretary at the French Legation, who was an old acquaintance of Men Ding'ao in Guangzhou and who knew Chinese, so he was entrusted to ask Men Ding'ao to find out what happened.Men Ding'ao didn't dare to respond to the pulse and prescription, he was so forced that he couldn't shirk, he took a pen and quickly wrote the word "no disease" on the dry inkstone, erased it immediately, and got up to see the guests. The truth of "Holy Bow and Violation of Peace" has aroused the suspicion of ministers from various countries.So first he recommends a doctor, and then he invites an audience with the emperor. Empress Dowager Cixi instructs Qing Wang Yikuang to hesitate.Seeing this situation, Men Ding'ao was deeply afraid that he had leaked a huge secret from the word "no disease", which would lead to his death. He excused being haunted by a fox in the inn and went to Beijing to avoid disaster. "Please think about it, Zhong Cheng," Du Zhongjun finished telling the story, and then said: "The emperor is not sick at all. If you insist that he is sick, if something serious happens, it will be unjust to blame the doctor!" After a pause, he added a few more words: "If this happens, not only will I die unjustly, but it will also implicate the Lord. Zhongcheng, one thing more is worse than one thing less!" The last few words touched Feng Rutao, and he decided to accept the suggestion and put the matter aside for further discussion. ※ ※ ※ As soon as the Chinese New Year was over, Feng Rutao received a secret letter from an acquaintance in Beijing, saying that he had news of a transfer.If the military plane heard about it, the Empress Dowager Cixi would not necessarily agree.Because it took only half a year for him to be appointed as Fengjiang, his qualifications are low, and he has no special achievements. The Empress Dowager Cixi has little impression of the name "Feng Rutao", so of course he would be noncommittal. Therefore, his friend advised him that he should try to take care of it as soon as possible. It is best to take the route of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and often mention his name before Empress Dowager Cixi and say good things about him. After reading this letter, Feng Rutao suddenly had an inspiration. If the Empress Dowager Cixi had an impression of him, she had to do something that made her think of his name often, so why not bring up the old story again and recommend Du Zhongjun to Beijing. So, he asked the small kitchen to cook four extremely delicate dishes, and took a small altar of old flower carvings to see Du Zhongjun.Of course, his original intention was never to reveal it. He only said that he had received a letter from Beijing, saying that the emperor was indeed suffering from severe kidney deficiency, and he had heard that there was a famous doctor in Zhejiang governor's yamen, and asked him why he didn't send a letter to recommend him? "Zi Weng," Feng Rutao said earnestly, "Let's not talk about the righteousness of a monarch and his ministers, but just treat the emperor as an ordinary sick man, so you can't be indifferent, right?" This is vaguely blaming him with the sentence "doctors have the heart to cut shares".Although Du Zhongjun didn't let go, he couldn't say a word of refusal, he just held his wine glass and murmured. "Zi Weng, if you don't mind being abrupt, I still have something unpleasant to say." "Just tell me." Du Zhongjun replied, "I also don't seek meritorious service, but seek no faults." "It's just that I'm afraid of making mistakes. Now Ziweng's reputation has reached the heavens. If I issue an imperial edict to take it, I don't seem to look good. As for me, if the court blames me for the crime of knowing but not doing it, it is certainly not a crime. To explain it in words, if it is said that I have this opportunity, but I did not recommend a virtuous person, and treated my friends poorly, it is even more false, and I am unwilling." The words were very profound and tactful, and Du Zhongjun could no longer refuse.However, there are actually some difficulties that cannot be ignored. "Since Zhongcheng loves you so much, I can't help but appreciate it. It's just that living in Chang'an is not easy! Your Majesty is really physically weak and suffering from kidney deficiency, and taking more than a hundred doses of medicine will not be effective. Living in Beijing for many years, I really can't do it. " "Don't worry about Ziweng, it's natural to make preparations for Ziweng." Feng Rutao said that at least 3,000 taels of silver should be raised for him and brought to Beijing to prepare for a year or so of expenses.He also said that Ji Lu and Kui Jun, the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, have friendship, and they have entrusted them with many letters, so they will naturally take care of them everywhere, so please don't worry about Du Zhongjun. Ju Ting was so attentive, Du Zhongjun had nothing to say.So Feng Rutao paid homage on the same day, and should be recommended by the imperial edict.After the approval, Feng Rutao was ordered to send someone to escort him to Beijing.Unexpectedly, before the action, Du Zhongjun fell ill himself, and when he recovered from the treatment, it happened that Feng Rutao was ordered to transfer to Jiangxi, so he had to help with an explanation, so he postponed his departure until the end of June. He went north by sea boat from Shanghai.Once he arrived in Tianjin, since Feng Rutao had sent letters and letters in advance, and he asked for pulse on a daily basis, there were many opportunities to get close to the two palaces, so it was inevitable to ask outside public opinion.A small word can affect the future, so Yang Shixiang, the governor of Zhili, treated him as a superior guest.Not only was there a grand banquet to entertain Cheng Yi, but also a special float was prepared to accompany her to Beijing in person. Because of Yang Shixiang's support, Du Zhongjun's trip went very smoothly, and he received courtesy everywhere.On July 16th, led by Jilu, he went out of the Xibianmen to Haidian in the middle of the night, and met with six military ministers in the Summer Palace: Qing Wang Yikuang, Chun Wang Zaifeng, Zhang Zhidong, Lu Chuanlin, Yuan Shikai, and the military aircraft not long ago. The succession of the world, and then the court room of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is on standby.First, there was an official in sixth-grade clothing. After asking for his surname, he found out that he was Chen Lianfang, who was admired but never met. Before we could have a deep talk, Chen Lianfang was called and left in a hurry.Half an hour later, Ji Lu came and led him to the Hall of Renshou, gestured for him to wait outside the curtain, and then quietly opened the curtain to enter. Separated by a curtain, the sky is so close.Du Zhongjun never imagined in his dreams that there would be such a patient with the No. 1 Tianzi. For a moment, he didn't know whether it was excitement, surprise, or fear, but he felt very disturbed and uneasy.At this time, Chen Lianfang had already left the palace, and Jilu waved to him repeatedly from inside. Du Zhongjun was trembling, and when he arrived in the hall, according to the pre-rehearsed etiquette notes, he first knelt down and kowtowed three times to the Empress Dowager Cixi who was sitting facing west, then turned to kneel and kowtow three times to the emperor who was facing south, only listening to the Empress Dowager Cixi. Asked: "Are you Du Zhongjun?" "Yes!" Du Zhongjun moved his knee slightly and replied to the east. "Feng Rutao said that you are very good at medicine, and you should take the No. 1 pulse with your heart for the emperor." "yes!" At this time, Jilu reminded softly: "Please take the pulse!" So Du Zhongjun got up and walked in front of the emperor. A prayer mat had been placed on the side of a half-table. As he entered the palace quickly, he knelt and kowtowed, and because of his nervousness and hot weather, Du Zhongjun suddenly felt short of breath, so he held his breath and waited for his breath to calm down.And the emperor was a little impatient. "How do you see my pulse?" Du Zhongjun had already been told that the Empress Dowager Cixi hated people saying that the emperor had stagnant liver, and the emperor himself hated people saying that he had kidney deficiency.Therefore, in Du Zhongjun's answer, he carefully avoided using these words. "The emperor's pulse is weak on the left chi, and stringy on the right. The weak pulse on the left means congenital deficiency of kidney water; the stringy pulse on the right means an imbalance of the spleen and earth." "I've been ill for two or three years and can't be cured," the emperor asked, "What's the reason?" "The emperor's illness did not happen overnight. If it has been accumulated for too long, it will be slow to recover. The minister is outside to see a doctor. Anyone who is as weak as this illness cannot be cured by two hundred doses of medicine. The medicines taken are effective. Ten doses and eight doses, do not change the prescription." Du Zhongjun said again: "If you change a doctor every day, the effect of the medicine will be slower!" "You're right!" The emperor became happier, "What medicine did you give me?" "For congenital deficiency, use Erzhi Wan; for acquired deficiency, use Guishao Liujun Decoction." "Okay! Just write the prescription like this, no need to change it." "Yes, yes!" Du Zhongjun repeatedly agreed. When he knelt down and retreated, he had already left the palace, and suddenly a eunuch came up and shouted: "Doctor Du, Doctor Du!" When Du Zhongjun stood still, the eunuch said, "Long live, the prescription must not be changed. " At that time, the Military Aircraft Department had already returned the value, and the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs took him to the value house of the Military Aircraft Zhangjing nearby to prescribe prescriptions.After entering the room, they found that Chen Lianfang was already there. They looked at each other and smiled, as if they had greeted each other. Du Zhongjun sat down behind an empty table, took out a fountain pen cartridge and a prescription pad with his name printed on it from the booklet, and quietly imagined how to write the pulse case. "Are you Dr. Du?" Suddenly someone asked beside him. Looking up, he was a eunuch, wearing a six-rank top belt, and his rank was higher than that of the county magistrate.Du Zhongjun stood up and replied, "I am." "Long Live Lord sent me to tell you, prescribe what you just said in the palace, and don't change it!" Pointing to Chen Lianfang, he said, "Don't collude with him!" "No, no!" Du Zhongjun was full of suspicion. He couldn't collude with this point, and he could understand the reason for it. He thought it was a discussion with each other, and hoped to have the same opinion. If they disagreed, no one could get away with it if something happened.But I don't know why the emperor repeatedly told the prescription not to be changed. Could it be that someone else is in charge, so how to prescribe it? Just as he was thinking about it, the leading officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to urge the prescription, and Du Zhongjun followed the eunuch's words just now, wrote whatever he said, and handed over the prescription without any mistakes. At this time, there was already a calligrapher waiting, and he took his prescription and used Ming yellow paper to honor it, in duplicate, and put it in a yellow box. It is said that the empress dowager and the emperor each have a copy.Soon, another eunuch ordered: "A table of rewards." This is called "gifting meals", and as usual, the leading ministers will accompany them.After eating with him, Jilu said: "You are new here today, and you are a transfer class. Twenty-one is your regular shift. I will send someone to pick you up when the time comes." When he was sent back to the inn, Du Zhongjun was so tired that he woke up after a long sleep, the first thing he thought of was whether the emperor had taken his medicine or not?I thought to myself, Chen Lianfang also prescribed a prescription, I wonder what the similarities and differences are?If he obeyed his own prescription, would Chen Lianfang still use that prescription? In the evening, a eunuch came, it was the one who had just sent his pulse out of the palace during the day, and chased after him to deliver a message.He said: "Long Live Lord has already taken your medicine, and I still need to ask for pulse tomorrow." "Yes!" Du Zhongjun said, "Does Master Ji know?" "Another person was sent to notify him, and someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will come to pick you up." Du Zhongjun nodded, and seized the opportunity to ask: "Excuse me, Dr. Chen also prescribed a prescription, has the emperor accepted it?" "Probably convinced! I didn't see it." "Let me ask again, why is my class not until the 21st?" "Now there are five doctors in total. If you do the math, if you are in class today, won't you be in your class on the 21st?" Du Zhongjun was stunned when he heard that, he didn't even notice that the eunuch had left.This night has been unable to sleep.He got up in the middle of the night, waited for the officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to accompany him to the Summer Palace, and first negotiated with Jilu. "Master Ji," he said, "five people take turns to ask for the pulse, express their own opinions, and ask each other without hearing each other. How can the disease be cured like this? You know, I am here to treat patients, not to work! Please continue My lord, tell the empress dowager and the emperor about this unreasonable rule, and it must be improved." Ji Lu smiled and replied: "The rules of the inner court have always been like this, we can't talk nonsense. Please sit down for a while, and I will send someone to greet you when you ask for your pulse." After sitting for an hour, someone came to greet me.Everything is as it was yesterday, and the pulse condition is still the same, only took one dose of medicine, naturally it still can't take effect.Du Zhongjun is just Chen Zuo, who knows more about the emperor's illness, and said that "the illness goes away like silk", please the emperor to take pictures patiently. After resigning from the palace, the prescription is as yesterday.The Empress Dowager Cixi rewarded the meal again, and at the same time issued an order: "Du Zhongjun will be on duty on July 22 instead." This further confirmed the six-day rotation method from the beginning to the end. So, when Du Zhongjun entered the city, he went to visit Lu Runxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.This is the second time, without much greetings, Dao explained the purpose of coming: "The famous doctor in the family for generations, the "Shibuzhai Medical Book" by your lord has been widely read all over the world. Among the elders today, there is no one who knows the way of medicine the most, Mr. Lu!" He said. Question: "Master Lu, tell me, if you prescribe a prescription every six days, and you don't know each other, is there such a way to heal the disease?" "The situation inside the palace is different from outside, I'm afraid you don't quite understand it yet." "The principle of healing is the same." Du Zhongjun said angrily: "We went to Beijing, thinking that we could gain a reputation if we cured the emperor's illness. Looking at the situation now, it's futile and hopeless. We don't seek meritorious service." , first seek no fault, according to the current method, the disease will definitely not be cured! Who will be responsible for any accidents in the future? Master Lu is the Southern Study Hall, a close minister of the emperor, please tell the two palaces!" "You don't have to worry about it!" Lu Runxiang replied casually: "The affairs of the inner court have always been like this, neither merit nor fault. Although I walk in the South Study Room, I don't often see the two palaces, and they are not divided. It's not convenient to talk about it." Only then did Du Zhongjun realize what it was like to be on an errand in the palace, so he had no choice but to retreat silently.However, if there is "neither credit nor fault", it is more reassuring. So I entered the palace once every five days, and each time I was in a hurry, I could neither look closely at the emperor's complexion nor ask about his illness, and the emperor himself seldom spoke. "Seeing, hearing, asking, and knowing" only occupies the last word, and Du Zhongjun feels quite useless.However, the Empress Dowager Cixi was not as majestic as the legends outside, and she often sent warm condolences.He also had a share of the Mid-Autumn Festival rewards, two large rolls of red silk with two hundred taels of silver, which were sent to his apartment at Binshengdian on Yangmeizhu Xie Street. After sending out the reward, Du Zhongjun asked the eunuch who awarded the reward by the way: "How should I thank you?" "Let's kowtow together! I'm not sure, you'd better ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs." After inquiring with the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I found out that the award was given as usual, and it was an appointment to thank each other, and the date was set on the third day of August.On that day, the clouds were thick and the rain was pouring, but the Haidian Road was full of cars and horses, and the civil and military ministers still arrived at the Summer Palace on time. The salute was scheduled to take place after the military plane was summoned, around eight o'clock in the morning.Unexpectedly, when the rain was getting heavier, the princes and relatives with splendid feathers were all waiting in the two corridors of Renshou Hall, and the two palaces also rolled up the curtains in the hall. Prince Gong Puxing said loudly, "I can't wait any longer, let's salute!" After finishing speaking, he lifted his robe and went down the steps, followed by princes and ministers, kowtowing messily in the well filled with water.Du Zhongjun was also in the middle, saluting along with the class, making his body covered in mud and in a panic. After leaving the Hall of Renshou, he was eager to go back to change clothes, but a little eunuch grabbed him and said, "Dr. Du, I have something to tell you." "Say it!" "This is not a place to talk, come here!" The little eunuch looked around hastily, then walked away.Du Zhongjun has been working in the inner court for more than half a month, and he already knows the rules. It is forbidden for eunuchs to associate with outsiders like this.I knew it would be inconvenient to have a private conversation with the eunuch, but I was afraid it was an important matter about the emperor's condition, so I couldn't miss the opportunity.After thinking about it, he finally followed. Following to a secluded place, the little eunuch raised his thumb and said, "Your pulse is very good!" "how do you know?" "I heard Lord Long Live say that your pulse is prescribed well. Let me tell you right away, Lord Long Live often refuses to take the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, and you have taken three doses of your prescription!" After finishing speaking, he briefly He stretched out his right hand and waved his five fingers randomly, as if it was an unconscious move. Du Zhongjun, who was thanking him verbally, suddenly understood, and hurriedly took out a bank note from his pocket, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it in his hand.The little eunuch ran away as if flying. Du Zhongjun didn't think that he deliberately made up a set of nice words to flatter him in order to ask for a reward.I did my own calculations, except for the first day of transfer, there were three regular shifts, probably these three prescriptions, and the emperor took all of them.I was thinking in my heart, is it possible to play the Ming Emperor, every time a prescription is prescribed, and five doses are taken in a row, the effect of several medicines will not be interrupted, and it is easy to receive the power. ※ ※ ※ The next day is on duty again, this day the pulse is in the bedroom, led by Kui Jun, Minister of Internal Affairs, when he is about to arrive, he sees a eunuch rushing over, salutes and says: "Master Kui, go up quickly Come on! Lord Long Live is losing his temper!" "Hello!" The emperor lost his temper, Kui Jun was not in a hurry, and asked calmly, "Why?" "I don't know! Lord Long Live inspected the medicine himself, and he lost his temper after the inspection! Send an order to the Minister of Internal Affairs." "Okay! I'll go." Kui Jun turned his head and said to Du Zhongjun, "You stand on the porch for a while and listen to my greetings." Du Zhongjun waited quietly outside the bedroom.The emperor's voice was very loud, "It's strange that my illness is not cured!" He said, "Look at the moths growing on the goji berries. Give me this bad medicine. How can I be cured?" "It's the medicine dispensed by Shou Pharmacy. It's probably old." "How can this work! Now I send you to Tongrentang to dispense medicine." "yes!" Soon, Kui Jun came out of the hall and beckoned to lead Du Zhongjun in. He saw the emperor sitting in front of a small round table with small packets of medicine on the table. "Du Zhongjun," the emperor asked, "are the herbs the best in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou?" "Not necessarily, there are specialties from all over the place." "What about 'Yushu'?" "The ones from Yuqian County in Zhejiang Province are the best, so they are called Yushu." The emperor nodded, "This prescription was prescribed by Chen Bingjun. I didn't want to take it yesterday. I took it out to have a look today. I think it's not bad. It's okay to take a dose. Who knows, just give me some bad medicine." He asked again: "Fu Ling , Where is the best yam?" "Poria cocos is naturally from Yunnan, and yam must come from Henan to be authentic." "Okay! In the future, when you prescribe prescriptions, you must indicate the origin of the medicinal materials!" "yes!" After Du Zhongjun asked for a prescription, he wondered in his heart, whether to indicate the place of origin of the medicinal materials, should the governors of all provinces pay tribute?Sure enough, you have to think carefully about how to prescribe the medicine, so you don't need to make trouble. As expected, on the second day, military planes dispatched all provinces, and all special medicinal materials were paid tribute immediately.In addition, the Empress Dowager Cixi issued an order: six doctors recommended by each province were divided into three shifts and changed every two months.At the same time, the next list was issued: Zhang Pengnian and Shi Huan in the first class, Chen Bingjun and Zhou Jingtao in the second class, Lu Yongbin and Du Zhongjun in the third class. This is better than the method of six-day rounds.But what puzzled Du Zhongjun was why such a list was made?Of course he was confident, and the emperor also appreciated his medical skills.Lu Yongbin is a well-known doctor in the capital with a very good reputation. If the two of them are in the first class, they may be able to see great results within two months.Who knows what is the meaning of ranking the best players behind? Of course, this is something that cannot be explained, and from this day on, Du Zhongjun has also been estranged from the emperor's condition. He only heard that Tong Ren Tang opened a semicolon in Haidian, because since the wolfberry was infested with worms, the emperor ordered Kui Jun to be angry. After I went to Tongrentang to dispense the medicine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs once told me that the Summer Palace was far away from Tongrentang, and the round trip would take several hours. When I got back from dispensing, I couldn’t catch up with the food, so it was better to order Tongrentang to set up a branch nearby, which would be the most convenient.According to the emperor's permission, Tongrentang established a semicolon by order. After seven or eight days like this, when Du Zhongjun was too idle to do anything, the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly sent someone to inform him that Jilu had an invitation.When he arrived there, he realized that he had been sent an unexpected mission. "Dr. Du, I invite you to be the examiner." Ji Lu smiled and said, "Read the doctor's article." It turns out that the emperor's pulse case was copied by someone at the memorial office every day, sold to the interviewers of various Shanghai newspapers stationed in Beijing, sent a telegram back, and published it in the newspaper.Duanfang was taking the doctor's examination in the south of the Yangtze River, so he took this as the topic, took 24 volumes, and sent a special messenger to send the 24 volumes to Beijing.The memorial stated: If you appreciate that volume, you will send this person to Beijing to ask for pulse. "Duan Zhijun really knows how to be an official! However, the method is a bit too fresh. The empress dowager said, she doesn't know which volume is good? Send it to Lu Shangshu, the official department, but he doesn't dare to make decisions, so I have to Borrow your expertise." Du Zhongjun also felt that Duanfang was a bit whimsical, but he was very interested in it, hoping that there might be some masters among them, who could explain the truth thoroughly and use medicine with unique ideas, which could be used as a reference.So I immediately sat down at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and read carefully one by one. Ordinarily, the same pulse case, the medication will not be very different.I don't know, there are at least ten different sayings in the twenty-four volumes.Some said that it should invigorate the kidney; some said that Liuwei Dihuang Wan should be used; some said that it should be used to replenish life fire; Tonify qi and blood, use extremely precious medicines such as ginseng antler.One of the most wonderful volumes said that the emperor's illness should be supplemented with both yin and yang, and the medicine prescribed was Shiquan Dabu Wan. "It's all speculation." Du Zhongjun said bluntly. "No one scratches the itch." "I think so!" Jilu said, "Even those of us who often travel in the inner court can't figure out the emperor's illness. What's more, we are far away in Shanghai, and we only prescribe prescriptions based on the pulse test. Isn't it just scratching the surface?" "That's exactly what you said." Du Zhongjun asked: "I heard that the Empress Dowager suffered from a stomachache during the Mid-Autumn Festival and kept having diarrhea. Do you have such a saying?" "How not!" Just at this point, another minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kui Jun, broke in and asked about the results of the "marking".Hearing Du Zhongjun's opinion, he just shook his head. "Needless to say it's far away in Shanghai," he said, "It's very close at hand. The emperor took the medicines of Zhang Pengnian and Shi Huan like the head class, but the emperor has no effect..." He suddenly stopped, hesitating to speak, but there was something wrong. As if he was hesitant to say something. "Tell me!" Ji Lu was more unscrupulous than Kui Jun, "What are you taboo about?" So Kui Jun spit out the words that were stuck in his throat: "You are asking for pulse here, I have wanted to tell you a long time ago, the emperor's illness is not easy to cure, it is better if you don't ask for pulse!" Hearing this, Du Zhongjun was in doubt, but it was inconvenient to ask more questions, and he expected that there would be no result if he asked more questions, so he pretended that he didn't hear it, and continued the unfinished topic, asking about Empress Dowager Cixi's dysentery. "There are good times and bad times, and I've been having stomach troubles." Ji Lu replied, "I just don't want everyone to mention it." "why?" "You think, the emperor asks for pulse every day, if the pulse case is sent out, and the empress dowager gets sick again, won't it affect people's hearts?" "It's not an answer to hide the disease like this!" Du Zhongjun said, "The elderly are most afraid of this problem, and what's more..." He also hesitated to speak. "Why don't you continue?" Ji Lu urged. "I've also heard it from people. I don't know if it's reliable or not? It's said that the Empress Dowager smokes this, isn't it?" Du Zhongjun made a gesture of smoking a big cigarette. "You mean the empress dowager smokes 'fushou cream'? Occasionally, she smokes for fun, but she has no addiction." "That's okay!" Du Zhongjun nodded: "Otherwise, dysentery is the most troublesome thing." "I heard that Mr. Lu contracted dysentery after quitting smoking. He couldn't cure it and lost his old life!" "General Constitution" is another name for the Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After the promulgation of the new official system, only one member of the Dushi Yushi was established, and the former Zuodu Yushi Lu Baozhong was reelected. This person is from Taicang, Jiangsu Province. In the second year of Guangxu's reign, Bingzi Enke's Imperial Academy, he served according to the division, and became the censor of Zuodu.Cautious and honest, he is a good official, but unfortunately that "addiction" killed him.The smoking ban was strictly enforced last year, and the officials of the yamen in central Beijing were allowed to submit their own petitions and quit within a time limit.Civil and military officials outside Beijing, large and small, are limited to abstinence within six months.Half a year has passed, after careful examination, the four princes and ministers have the same obsessions as before, the two princes and princes are Prince Rui Kuibin and Prince Zhuang who have made meritorious service; the two ministers are coincidentally in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.One is the capital censor Lu Baozhong, and the other is the deputy capital censor Chen Mingkan. So the Minister of Military Aircraft Zou Ming took a very powerful measure. All the missions led by the two kings Rui and Zhuang, such as Du Tong, the former minister, and the inner court, were all dispatched, while Lu Baozhong and Chen Mingkan temporarily departed. If there is a shortage, all agents will be sent to act as agents, "if you can quit quickly, you will be allowed to resume your job as usual." Otherwise, the two princes and two ministers will be dismissed, and they will never be lenient. With such a strict decree, Lu and Chen naturally obeyed the order to be cautious.Chen Mingkan's smoking cessation was relatively smooth, but Lu Baozhong was in great pain.In fact, there are countless prescriptions for quitting smoking. Lu Baozhong tried to take them one by one, but it was ineffective. In the end, he used the method of "stealing addiction" with tears running down his cheeks and ignoring it. Only then did he quit, but his vitality was greatly lost. . In the first month of the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu's reign, he played Chen Ming and quit smoking completely, and he was still allowed to return to his post.But the disease was lingering, and it dragged on until the end of April, and I had to ask for a vacancy by myself. After a few days, I died.The Empress Dowager Cixi couldn't bear it, and she ordered a special gift, and the posthumous posthumous law is not bad. As usual, the first character is "wen", and the second character is "shen". It was Zhang Yinglin who took over from Lu Baozhong when he quit smoking. Empress Dowager Cixi had a very good impression of him.It turned out that Zhang Yinglin was Yi Chou in the fourth year of Tongzhi, who ordered the Hanlin in her hands, but there was no reason for inviting his relatives. He is from Licheng, Shandong. When he was editing in the 13th year of Tongzhi, he was selected as the emperor's teacher together with the reviewer Wang Qingqi in "Walking in Hongde Hall".That Wang Qingqi's character is not good, and he doesn't understand the general principles. He often gets some banned books such as "Meat Pu Tuan" and "Dengcao Monk", and Qiu Shizhou's "Spring Book", which he likes with Mu Zong, and finally brings the newly married emperor with him. , Wandering around the kilns that were indiscriminate, resulting in a catastrophe of "smallpox from the emperor", which ended the Qing Dynasty since the Taizu, the father died and the son succeeded, and the lineage was passed down. When Wang Qingqi seduced the emperor furtively, Zhang Yinglin saw it and disapproved, but it was inconvenient for him to remonstrate, and it was also inconvenient for him to tell the truth, so he had to travel far away to avoid misfortune. In the first year of Guangxu, Fang began to go to Beijing to sell fakes. After recovering, Zhang Yinglin served as Hanlin for seventeen years, and then released Zhan Shiwai as Fengtian Fucheng, and also took charge of Xuezheng.In the year of Gengzi, the two palaces were hunting in the west, and all the officials were scattered, but Zhang Yinglin was the only one who guarded the defense of Xuezheng, waiting for a change.In the second year, he was summoned for trial, and he has been his minister of officials.When the official system was reformed, there was no distinction between Manchu and Han. Because Zhang Yinglin had been outside the customs for many years and was familiar with flag affairs, he was specially conferred the title of Deputy Commander of the Han Army of the Xianghuang Banner. He was the first Han member to serve as a banner official since the founding of the Qing Dynasty.