Chapter 8: The decree arrives
Two days later, this memorial was already on Li Shimin's desk. After reading the memorial, Li Shimin laughed for a long time, and sighed: "God bless me in the Tang Dynasty! God bless me in the Tang Dynasty!"
At this moment, there were two people in the hall, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling. These two were Li Shimin's right-hand man. They were indispensable to any major national affairs. However, they did not know the content of the memorial and were looking at Li Shimin in a confused manner.
Li Shimin whetted the appetite of the two of them, and he was happy enough, so he asked the eunuch to pass the memorial to them.
The two of them gathered together to see the memorial from beginning to end. After reading it, they hurriedly pushed the mountain and bowed to Li Shimin, cheering in unison: "It's true that God blesses the Tang Dynasty. I'll congratulate you on Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin waved his hand to let them get up: "Okay, the epidemic is urgent, and it is urgent. Assistant machine, quickly copy this prescription and send 800 miles to various prefectures in Henan Province. They ordered them to decoct medicine according to this prescription to save people. If they dare to delay, they will be severely punished!"
"Yes, I'll do it immediately!" Changsun Wuji took the order and said retreat.
Li Shimin walked back and forth in the hall twice, and suddenly turned to Fang Xuanling: "Xuanling, do you think this Li Hao is a gift from God to me?"
Fang Xuanling rolled his eyes and bowed, "Your Majesty already has the answer in his heart."
"Haha." Li Shimin smiled and asked again, "You said, how should I reward Li Hao?"
Fang Xuanling said: "Return to Your Majesty, it is too early to plague. When the plague is completely quenched, it will not be too late to judge rewards based on your merits."
"Yes." Li Shimin nodded repeatedly, "You are right, haha, I really want to hear the good news of the plague being pacified soon."
Two days later, Hu Xiaohai's plague had been eradicated, and the family of four was finally released from the quarantine area. However, there were still soldiers guarding the doorstep and they were not allowed to come out. It took several days to observe. The family finally reunited. The four of them hugged each other and cried. It happened that Doctor Liu came to conduct a routine examination for them. The family was grateful to Doctor Liu, and kowtowed repeatedly, saying things like making a cow and horse.
This made Doctor Liu blush and hurriedly helped them up and said, "The one who saved you is not me. At most, I am a medicine-boiled person. The one who really made contributions was a young man named Li Hao."
"Li Hao?" Old Man Hu and his family were stunned when they heard this and looked at each other. They knew what Li Hao's virtues were. They didn't even speak properly. How could they cure the plague well?
Old Man Hu thought he was joking and said, "Old Doctor, stop making trouble, how could Li Hao cure the plague well..."
Doctor Liu said seriously: "I didn't make a fuss. If Li Hao had not given a prescription for treating the plague in time this time, I'm afraid that your family of four would have been separated by heaven and man, and the entire Huliu Village and even the entire Xuzhou would have been covered by the plague. This kid gave a prescription at will, but he saved millions of people."
"Ah?" The four Hu family members were dumbfounded, unable to believe that this was true. Doctor Liu turned around and left with his hands when they were stunned.
Doctor Liu continued to let the whole village drink medicine for three days, but he did not find that a single person was infected with the plague. He ordered the villagers to leave the house, but they were not allowed to leave the village. Anything that needs to be purchased should be done by the soldiers of the Zhechongwei.
The village was lifted, and the old man Hu and his family ran to the village government office to see Li Hao. As soon as they saw Li Hao, the whole family bowed down and kowtowed to Li Hao, saying that they could not repay the great kindness and virtue.
Li Hao hurried up to help them, but the family believed that he had to kowtow. How could he hold four people alone? In the end, he could only be kowtowed by their whole family. When they had paid enough, they invited them into the house and took special care to help him conceal his identity. He said that he was from a foreign country, how could Old Man Hu and the others refuse? The four of them lit their heads like rice pecking and were willing to help tell the whole village to hide them together. Then they sincerely invited Li Hao to their homes and offered them like their ancestors. Li Hao was also thick-skinned and accepted it calmly.
Li Hao lived a life of eating and sleeping and drying at Old Man Hu’s house. In just five days, Li Hao felt fat. On the sixth day, the village suddenly became lively, with many people coming, blowing and beating, and there were quite a lot of noise.
Li Hao was basking in the sun in the fence yard of Old Man Hu's house. Wang Yuantai rushed in in a hurry: "Li Hao, something big! Something big happened!"
Li Hao didn't raise his eyelids for a moment, and continued to bask in the sun on the ground: "Stop making trouble, bask in the sun."
Wang Yuantai panted and shouted: "Stop snooping, prepare the incense table quickly, someone from the palace has announced the imperial edict!"
Li Hao jumped up from the rattan chair after hearing this: "Is the imperial edict here? Is it for me?"
"Of course it's for you!" Wang Yuantai glared and shouted, "This plague can be quelled so quickly, it's all because of your contribution to the prescription. Who else is qualified to receive this imperial edict except you!"
At this time, Old Man Hu happened to come out. When he heard that the imperial edict was coming, he hurriedly went to prepare the incense table. Liu helped Li Hao get a basin of warm water and asked him to clean it.
Li Hao picked up the cloth towel and washed it symbolically for a few times. The sound of drums and music was approaching. Through the fence, he saw a large group of people walking towards him.
Just as Liu took the basin away, the brigade of troops had arrived at the door. The leader was a white-faced eunuch. Because he had no beard, he really couldn't tell how old he was. He was not old, but he was not young. He walked into the courtyard with a bright yellow scroll in his hand, and shouted in a duck voice: "The imperial edict has arrived, Li Hao received the edict!"
The old man Hu hurriedly asked for an incense case. The family of four, Li Hao and Wang Yuantai fell to the ground, bowed down and listened to the order. The white-faced eunuch opened the scroll of the imperial edict and began to read the imperial edict in his duck voice: "The law of heaven is impermanent, and disasters are suddenly falling, and all people are mourning. What is the innocence of the people? The country and the country are the foundation of the country..."
The white-faced eunuch read very rhythmically, but Li Hao felt a little sleepy when he heard it. There was too much nonsense about this imperial edict. At the beginning, he said that this plague was a disaster from heaven and had nothing to do with him. He was a big one and the earth was the biggest to blame. Li Shimin is most afraid of taking the blame now. If he takes the blame, he will become the scapegoat. Then he said that he loved the people as much as his son. Seeing the suffering of the people, he was so sad that he threw out all the words that made tears. Then he got to the point, saying that a young hero, Li Hao came out of nowhere, all kinds of wise and powerful martial arts, fighting the plague, and his heroic image was extremely tall. Li Hao was almost certain that he was writing about himself.
Li Hao suddenly felt blushing when he listened to the imperial edict. He was too shameless. How could Li Shimin be so shameless? He thought about it carefully. In fact, it was nothing. Li Shimin was the most shameless among the emperors. At least he was the emperor of the ages and created the most powerful empire in the history of the Chinese nation. However, he never enfeoffed Zen. It can be seen that he was still very shameful. Unlike the founding emperors of the Ming Dynasty who later became monks and beggars. Once he was in power and sat on the throne of the emperor, he exuded the aura of nouveau riche all over his body. At the beginning of the imperial edict, he dared to say "Taiwan to heaven, and the emperor's edict said," it may be that he was afraid of being a beggar. After Lao Zhu became the emperor, he stipulated that the Emperor's Emperor
Every meal must be full of meat. Look, there are many nouveau riche. After taking office, he also used various excuses to kill the founding heroes. This is the most direct manifestation of the nouveau riche without a mind. It is the same as the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty. On the other hand, Li Shimin, the founding heroes of the founding heroes all lived well. It is said that Cheng Yaojin's bastard often rolled around with Li Shimin, and Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng was originally the person of the hidden prince Li Jiancheng. After Li Shimin became the emperor, he did not say anything about it. Wei Zheng often attacked Li Shimin in the court and even pointed at his nose and cursed the foolish monarch. Li Shimin endured it. This was the heart of the Khan. Therefore, it was not accidental that Li Shimin could become the emperor of the ages.
At the end of the imperial edict, Li Hao heard a sentence "Li Hao faced the Saint in Chang'an, and heard the seal of the Golden Palace", and he was stunned. Li Shimin was about to see him, it was so fast. He didn't expect that he would meet the legendary Tian Khan so soon, and he was all kinds of excited inside.
The white-faced eunuch finally finished reading the imperial edict, and Li Hao and the others were still stunned. The eunuch seemed to be used to this, thinking that the person who received the imperial eunuch should do this for the first time. However, he didn't know where Li Hao was and why he was happy. It was not because he could see Li Shimin, but because of the reward. Li Shimin asked him to go to the palace to listen to the imperial eunuch this time. Generally speaking, those who could go to the palace to wait for the imperial eunuch would definitely not be less rewarded. When he thought that he was likely to receive a bonus of gold and silver, Li Hao suddenly stood up.
"Li Hao, get up and receive the imperial edict." The white-faced eunuch said in a delicate voice. Li Hao knelt there with a silly smile on his face, without any reaction.
The eunuch was stunned and raised his voice: "Li Hao, get up and receive the imperial edict!"
Li Hao continued to giggle, his eyes almost turning into the shape of a copper coin. Wang Yuantaike, who was standing beside him, was so anxious that he secretly reached out to pinch him.
Li Hao cried out in pain: "Oh, who is the fuck pinching me!"
The eunuch suddenly turned dark: "Li Hao, come here and receive the imperial edict!"
"Ah? Oh!" Li Hao hurriedly got up and received the imperial edict, and thanked the eunuch, "Thank you, my father-in-law."
The eunuch picked up his eyelid and nodded.
Seeing this, Wang Yuantai hurried forward, took out three small silver stools and stuffed them into the eunuch's palm, and said with a smile: "Eunuch Li has worked hard all the way. My brother is young and ignorant. Please forgive me, father-in-law."
The eunuch looked at the silver tines in his hand. Each of them was three taels. His eyes suddenly shone. His face turned from shade to sunny. He smiled and said, "Where is it? Li Hao was summoned by His Majesty as a commoner at such a young age. He will definitely have a bright future. Our family is just a errand-runner to send letters, so how dare you say it is hard."
Wang Yuantai hurriedly bowed: "My father-in-law is so serious, but he is so serious."
Li Hao looked at Wang Yuantai's flattering look and thought to himself: "Wang Yuantai is not simple. He looks honest and didn't expect Feng Ping to play so well."
Just as he was distracted, the eunuch ordered: "Li Hao, please prepare and follow our family to Chang'an to meet the saint tomorrow morning."
Li Hao nodded his head and ordered: "Yes."
The eunuch nodded with satisfaction, turned around and walked out of the yard, and left with the crowd.
When Li Hao thought of going to Chang'an, he wanted to go back to Daoguan and say to his master, but the martial law in the village has not been lifted yet and he can't get out at all, so he can only give up this idea.
When Mr. Hu and his family heard that Li Hao was going to Chang'an to see the emperor, they were so happy that they took care of Li Hao more appropriately. They almost just had to go out and eat. Mrs. Liu even took out the newly sewn clothes for Mr. Hu and changed them to Li Hao. When they went to see the emperor, they had to wear them better.
But after Li Hao put on his new clothes, he felt that he was not as handsome as his Taoist robe. He was so terrible that he was simply a farmer. Originally, this was the clothes of a farmer.
The next day, as dawn broke out, someone came to tell Li Hao. Li Hao had just had breakfast, so he packed his bags, took the donkey egg and followed the person. He went to the entrance of the village. He saw a luxurious carriage parked in front of Jinshui Bridge at the entrance of the village. Fifty cavalry were surrounded by 50 cavalry guards. Each cavalry guard was wearing armor, holding long soldiers, carrying Tang swords on his waist, and waiting in line with expressionless faces. More than 30 cavalrymen were there, without making any sound, and they didn't move. Even the horses seemed to be sculptures. I really didn't know how they trained them. Li Hao was shocked and sighed that the Tang Dynasty cavalry was indeed well-known. No wonder the Tang Dynasty could become the world's most powerful country.
When Li Hao arrived in front of the carriage, the white-faced eunuch took two steps forward, symbolically greeted Li Hao, then spread his fingers and pointed at the carriage, and said, "Li Hao, our family has benefited from you this time. Usually, our family is riding horses when they go out to announce the orders. This time, Your Majesty may not be able to ride a horse, so he specially allowed our family to drive to pick you up. This is your great honor."
Chapter completed!