Chapter 821: Responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai (1)
There are three great princes in the capital of the Ming Dynasty - Duke Cheng, Duke Ying, and Duke Ding. The current princes are all young, in their twenties.
Originally, the civil and military ministers were planning to visit His Majesty together, but when the civil ministers started arguing again outside the gate of Renshou Palace, the three young princes were watching the fun not far away.
British Duke Zhang Rong couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Look, these civil servants are quarreling among themselves again."
At present, Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Chengguo who is closest to Emperor Jiajing in Wu Xun, sighed: "Don't laugh at them, but we don't even have the qualifications to quarrel. We can only act as decorations to decorate the court. Besides, after you listened to Qin Dewei's words, didn't you just
Nothing gained?"
Zhang Rong sighed again: "For us, it is useless to gain something."
Taunting people is also a technical job, and those who can't hit the mark are just trolls. Although Qin Zhongtang trolled all the people who were not friendly to him, they all sounded "reasonable".
Moreover, Qin Zhongtang's trolls are all prophetic. Some ministers who are not so sensitive to the situation have not thought about how the situation will develop in the future. After listening to Qin Zhongtang's trolls, they immediately felt that they had gained a lot.
For example, Qin Zhongtang criticized Tu Qiao, the imperial censor of Zuodu. Before accusing others of being selfish, could you first think about whether you support Zhang Bangqi, a fellow countryman, joining the cabinet?
This is what Qin Zhongtang pointed out as a context for the future development of the situation, which is to make a fuss around the auxiliary ministers. After all, the prince is too young, and the team of auxiliary ministers must be strengthened.
Then Qin Zhongtang criticized Xu Tianguan. Don't be resentful just because you didn't participate in the decision-making. That's too selfish.
This is actually a hint that if you, Xu Tianguan, want to participate in decision-making, you should give up the official position and join the cabinet. You cannot be reluctant to have the real power of the official position and complain about the central decision-making for excluding you.
So you, Xu Tianguan, make your choice as soon as possible to avoid affecting the layout of others such as Qin Zhongtang!
As for the story about the Princess Wang finding someone to contact Mr. Yan Ge, although it was probably made up out of nowhere, it is not impossible, and can even be said to be very possible.
When considering the regency, the ministers would only consider Empress Dowager Zhang or Empress Fang. Only these two were qualified to be considered based on their names, but the biological mother of the crown prince was actually Wang Guifei.
When the emperor was half-dead and the prince was supervising the country, Wang Guifei must have some ideas or make preparations for a rainy day.
Among the powerful ministers in the east and west of the imperial court, Qin Dewei was a fellow countryman of Empress Fang. If Wang Guifei wanted to contact foreign ministers, she would definitely not go to Qin Dewei, so she would have no choice but to contact Yan Song.
So this is Qin Zhongtang's reminder to everyone that when engaging in politics, you must consider Concubine Wang. Don't just think about Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Fang and ignore Concubine Wang.
All in all, after listening to Qin Dewei's criticism, the effect is almost the same as "listening to what you say". Experts listen to the rules, and laymen watch the excitement. Everyone who understands understands, and those who don't understand have no future.
The ministers of civil and military affairs walked together to Renshou Palace, where the eunuchs of the ceremonial department were already waiting in the vestibule of the main hall of Wanchun Palace. After meeting, they went into the main hall to visit Emperor Jiajing.
At this time, Empress Dowager Zhang, Empress Fang, and the Crown Prince were all present. No one could be "dictator" now. Many things could only be decided by a group, especially issues related to the emperor's health and life and death. No one dared to take responsibility alone.
After several imperial doctors collectively diagnosed and treated the emperor again, they still failed to wake him up. Everyone had different thoughts about this.
Being unconscious on the spot, and being unconscious a day and a night later, have different levels of psychological impact on people.
If you fall into coma on the spot, you will feel that you can wake up immediately, but if you don't wake up all day and night, it will be difficult for you to wake up.
If the expectation turns into long-term unconsciousness, then a new problem will arise. The comatose Emperor Jiajing cannot take in water or eat, and his life will not last long. If this continues, he will die completely within two or three days.
Every small fluctuation of the emperor will cause a big storm in the court. The three states of living, not dead, and dead have completely different consequences.
When your father is in trouble, everyone looks sad, but their inner expectations for how things will turn out are different.
After a day and night of buffering, Queen Mother Zhang's mood became much more stable. She looked at the imperial doctor and asked, "Is there really nothing we can do?"
After the imperial doctors looked at each other, they replied: "I am incompetent."
Treating the emperor's illness, let alone curing the disease, may lead to death if the emperor is not cured. Who dares to take this risk? To put it bluntly, as long as the emperor does not wake up, he may be accused of not curing the disease.
Anyway, no one forces you to treat a disease with a sword, so it’s good if you don’t do it.
Empress Dowager Zhang was really a little anxious and shouted: "What does the imperial court want from you?"
Although Empress Dowager Zhang deeply hated the "white-eyed wolf" Emperor Jiajing, she now did not want to see the emperor die.
It's not good to wake up, it's not good to die. As it is now, she must maintain her best life or death, so that she can be the Queen Mother and the legitimate regent.
If Emperor Jiajing dies in a day or two, the Queen Mother will be someone else by then. She won't even have time to revive the Zhang family, and she won't be able to catch up with her nephew who was sent to Nanjing.
At this moment, someone suddenly said: "Qin Zhongtang! You just claimed that you sought medical prescription overnight, brewed the medicine, and even arrived late just to wait for the medicine to heat up. Is this really true?"
Qin Dewei nodded and responded: "Yes, it does happen. How dare I lie and deceive others on this kind of issue?"
Suddenly, the palace fell into a brief silence again, and no one could judge the direction of the matter. To put it bluntly, if there is something wrong with your Qin Dewei medicine, what does it mean if you kill the emperor?
Then I heard Qin Dewei telling the Queen Mother Zhang: "I am worried that the emperor has been in a coma for a long time, has no water and rice, and has lost his dragon body, so I searched for medical methods last night in order to preserve the dragon spirit.
If you use this method to instill the decoction, even if the emperor is not awake, you can still live long enough to wait for the right time."
Of course, Empress Dowager Zhang was very interested in this method, and it was also what she needed the most. At this moment, Qin Dewei suddenly saw that Qin Dewei was also handsome and not so disgusting.
He quickly asked: "Is this method really effective?"
Qin Dewei continued: "I tested it several times with my family last night and it is generally usable. As for the decoction, I have ground the ingredients and think it can be tried."
Tu Qiao, the imperial censor of Zuodu, shouted to Qin Dewei: "I don't know where this prescription of yours came from, regardless of whether it is effective or not.
I just want to ask you, if it is used on His Majesty, do you, Qin Dewei, dare to take responsibility for the consequences?"
Qin Dewei glanced at Tu Qiao and said lightly: "I'm really not sure. Since Tu Zongxian is blocking it like this, then forget it, I won't donate this prescription."
Tu Qiao: "..."
Suddenly, Tu Zongxian would not be punished. He wanted to use a provocative trick, and with Qin Dewei's tough character, he might be able to shoulder the responsibility, but unexpectedly, Qin Dewei suddenly fainted. What did he mean?