Lin Xuan remembers that there was such a funny scene in "The Deer and the Cauldron" starring Stephen Chow. In order not to be beheaded by Duolong's Shangfang Sword, Prince Wu Sangui and his son Wu Yingxiong fought for a gold medal to avoid death.
The sword of Shang Fang represents the emperor. Why do you dare not kill them even if you have the sword of Shang Fang after you grab the iron coupons of the alchemy book?
It is because the iron certificate of the Alchemy Book was a reward from the late emperor, so the current emperor naturally does not dare to kill him.
Of course, there are loopholes in this.
Avoidance of death is not absolute, and rebellion certainly cannot avoid death.
Wu Sangui was a rebel, so he could be killed regardless of whether he had an iron certificate or an elixir.
Li Shimin pondered for a while and said: "Okay, I will give you the iron book of elixirs, which will save you from death unless you commit treason."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Xuan was not too excited.
This thing is just a guarantee, not an absolute.
If the emperor really wants to kill you, it will be useless even if you have an alchemy book and an iron certificate on the charge of treason.
This is also the reason why so many people rebelled during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.
Those people have the ironclad book of elixirs, and it is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to slap himself in the face.
Although many people know this, what can they do?
Li Shimin looked at Sun Simiao and said, "Miracle Doctor Sun also contributed a lot. I will make you the Male of Huayuan County. What does the Doctor think?"
Huayuan County is Sun Simiao's hometown, which shows how much Li Shimin valued Sun Simiao.
Sun Simiao was also the first person to be knighted as a doctor.
Sun Simiao shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the common people are all alone, and the title is of no use to the common people. If Your Majesty wants to reward the common people, I wonder if you can give me the medicine to study?"
Sun Simiao was obsessed with medicine. For someone like him, difficult and complicated diseases were more attractive than a title.
Although the special medicine for asthma still cannot cure the Qi disease, it is more effective than the medicine he prescribed.
Sun Simiao is naturally interested in specific asthma medicines.
"This..." Li Shimin said with some embarrassment: "Doctor Sun, there is only one bottle of this medicine. I am not sure whether I can find it. If I find it in the future, I will definitely send some to the miracle doctor for research."
This medicine was related to the life of Empress Changsun, so it was naturally impossible for Li Shimin to study it for Sun Simiao.
Sun Simiao also knew it was impossible, and said with some regret: "Then we can only wait until later."
"Father, I heard that my mother is well. Is this true?" Li Chengqian rushed in, followed by Li Tai, Li Lizhi and other younger brothers and sisters.
Li Shimin was in a very good mood and didn't care that they barged in without notice. He smiled and said, "Thanks to the medicine provided by Lin Xuan and the treatment by Divine Doctor Sun, your mother's condition is now stable."
Li Chengqian bowed respectfully to Lin Xuan and Sun Simiao, and said, "Thank you very much for taking care of my mother."
Li Chengqian's tone was very sincere, and it could be seen that he was sincere and was not trying to show off in front of Li Shimin.
Lin Xuan and Sun Simiao had just stood up and were about to salute. When they saw Li Chengqian saluting them instead, they quickly said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is not worthy of this."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Although he is the prince, he is also the son of a human being. It is appropriate to thank him on behalf of his mother."
Li Tai rolled his eyes and stepped forward to salute Lin Xuan and the others.
Li Lizhi took Li Zhi and bowed.
Lin Xuan looked at Li Lizhi. Li Lizhi noticed Lin Xuan's gaze and smiled gratefully at Lin Xuan.
Looking at Li Lizhi's smile, Lin Xuan knew that his efforts were not in vain.
Regardless of whether she can get medicine in the future, at least Li Lizhi is happy now.
"Father, can I go see my mother?" Li Chengqian asked.
Li Shimin said: "Your mother just fell asleep, you better not disturb her now."
Li Chengqian and others knew that they really could not disturb Queen Changsun's rest at this time, so they resigned and left.
Seeing this, Lin Xuan and Sun Simiao also resigned and left.
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Duke Zhao's Mansion
Changsun Wuji said: "Chong'er, starting tomorrow, you will personally take people to various places to look for famous doctors. As long as they are famous, they will be invited."
Changsun Chong said with some displeasure: "Dad, Sun Simiao's medical skills are so great. If even he can't do anything, other doctors can't do it either."
Traveling all over the country, how can I feel comfortable in Chang'an?
Changsun Wuji looked gloomy and scolded: "As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we can't give up. Do you know how important the queen is to our family?"
"Dad, why don't I go?" Changsun Chong said quickly when he saw Changsun Wuji getting angry.
At this moment, the housekeeper walked in and said: "Sir, there is news from the palace that because the Marquis of Jingyang County donated medicine, the Queen Mother's condition has stabilized."
"That's great." Changsun Wuji said excitedly.
"Dad, Lin Xuan has helped us a lot." Changsun Chong said happily.
This way he doesn't need to go to any famous doctor.
Changsun Wuji said coldly: "It has helped us a lot."
Changsun Chong was a little strange and asked: "Dad, my aunt is fine, why do I feel that you are unhappy?"
Changsun Wuji came to his senses and said, "The queen is well, I am naturally happy."
What he was unhappy about was that Lin Xuan had made great achievements again, which increased Lin Xuan's weight in front of Li Shimin.
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In the evening, Queen Changsun woke up and looked much better.
Li Shimin stayed with her for a while, and after seeing that Queen Changsun was indeed fine, he told Queen Changsun to take a good rest and go handle government affairs.
I was busy until late at night to finish the matter.
"Where will your Majesty rest tonight?" Li Mu asked.
Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "Let's stay here tonight."
It was so late, and he didn't want to disturb Queen Changsun's rest. He wasn't in the mood to go to the others either.
Li Mu responded and quickly ordered people to prepare.
"By the way, it snowed a lot last night. Why is there no memorial about the suffering of the people?" Li Shimin asked.
Although those memorials were written yesterday, if any people were affected by the disaster, they would definitely be reported as soon as possible.
Even if he might not be in the mood to pay attention to Empress Changsun's illness, it was impossible not to report it to him.
"Your Majesty, there is no disaster around Chang'an." Li Mu said.
Li Shimin was stunned and said: "This is impossible. In previous years, when there was such heavy snow, the memorial for the disaster had already been placed on my desk."
Li Mu said: "Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reinforced the dilapidated buildings around Chang'an last year. Although the university yesterday caused some people's houses to collapse, the number of people was not large, so it was not reported."
He knew all this very well, and when Li Shimin asked, he immediately explained it.
Li Shimin said in surprise: "You mean, because Gao Ming helped people strengthen their houses in advance, the heavy snow last night did not cause disaster to the people?"
He didn't care too much about what Li Chengqian did in Chang'an Mansion. His original intention was just to let Li Chengqian experience it.
After all, there was no Chang'an Prefecture before, and the two counties of Chang'an Wannian were managed very well.
He didn't expect Li Chengqian to do so well.
When there is a heavy snowfall, many houses will collapse. Anyone who is not a fool will know to reinforce the houses.
But why hasn’t anyone done it before?
In fact, it was because I had no money.
People know that they need to strengthen their houses, but they have no money.
And the government has no money, so it naturally cannot help people strengthen their houses.
Even if the imperial court is now wealthy, it is not easy for local officials to get funding from the Ministry of Household Affairs to do this. After all, there are many places to spend money.
But Li Chengqian is the prince, so naturally no one can interfere with him.
Li Shimin understood the reason after thinking about it for a moment, but Li Shimin was very pleased that Li Chengqian could think of this.