After Li Baozhen left, Zhao Ziliang weighed it for a long time, turned around and shouted: "Come on, prepare the horse!" ”

Soon, Zhao Ziliang came to the Daming Palace to ask to see the emperor, and now the emperor and the Chinese military ministers of the dynasty did not know the news of the serious injury of the crown prince Li Shi, and after careful consideration, he decided to come to the palace to report the news to the emperor first, so as not to fall into a passive situation after the news spread. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The weather was good on this day, the sun was shining, the spring breeze was blowing the willows, Daizong was splashing ink in the imperial garden at this time, and the concubine Dugu was standing aside to serve.

The little eunuch stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, the regent is here!" ”

When Dai Zong heard the news, he put down the wolf pen, looked up and saw Zhao Ziliang coming over and said with a smile: "Why is my uncle free to come over today!" ”

Zhao Ziliang stood still and clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a bad news to report to Your Majesty today, the prince has a little situation on the front line of counterinsurgency!" ”

"What, what's wrong with the prince?" Daizong was shocked.

Zhao Ziliang said: "The prince was hit by a stray arrow when he was fighting the traitor Li Lingyao, and his injuries were broken, and he is now in Luoyang!" ”

Daizong Dayu: "How can this be? Hurry up and send someone to send the prince back to the capital for treatment! ”

"It's hard to describe how the battle went. Wait for the minister to slowly explain to His Majesty that Luoyang is not close to Chang'an, and now the prince is seriously injured, and it is not suitable to drive and ride tiredly, which will aggravate the injury and is not conducive to recovery. Pei Mian, Yang Juan and the others must have already found a doctor in Luoyang to treat His Highness's injuries, and the best way now is to send the imperial doctor to rush over as quickly as possible・・・・・・

Dai Zong patted his head and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, come here, spread my will, and immediately send the imperial doctor to Luoyang to treat the prince, there must be no mistake!" ”

There was a eunuch next to him who promised: "Obey!" ”

"Your Majesty, it's useless for you to be anxious now, it's better to wait for the news with peace of mind!" The Dugu clan, who was serving beside him, persuaded him, and turned to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Your Majesty is worried about the safety of the prince, and it is inevitable that he will lose his temper in a hurry, so please don't mind my uncle!" ”

Daizong reacted, patted his forehead and sighed: "Gaffe, gaffe!" Come, give the regent a seat! ”

The two eunuchs brought a big chair, and after the emperor and the Dugu clan sat down, Zhao Ziliang then sat down as well.

Daizong asked: "Since the crown prince is injured, I am afraid that the war will be affected, uncle, how is the course of the war?" ”

Zhao Ziliang sighed: "The prince may have no battlefield experience, made the mistake of lightly advancing the enemy, and was ambushed by Li Lingyao in the northwest of Zhongmu, more than 15,000 people in the Heyang army suffered heavy casualties, and only more than 5,000 people could escape back to Xingyang, with a loss of more than sixty percent. ”

Hearing this, Daizong looked shocked and said, "Then what should I do?" If Li Yuanchun can't stop Li Lingyao, wouldn't the Eastern Capital be dangerous? Isn't it dangerous for the prince to be in Luoyang? Will the rebels come to Chang'an? ”

Zhao Ziliang saw that Daizong was so panicked, and sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that Daizong was frightened by the rebels, as long as there is a rebellion, he will worry about whether he will hit Chang'an. Zhao Ziliang could only comfort him: "Your Majesty can rest assured, the minister has ordered Guo Ziyi to take over as the marshal of the counterinsurgency, and quickly dared to go to Xingyang to preside over the overall situation, and ordered Zang Xiyan to be the deputy marshal, responsible for attacking Biansong from the south, and at the same time ordered 15,000 people from the Third Army of the Western Qin Army to rush to Xingyang for reinforcements!" ”

When Daizong heard Zhao Ziliang say this, he felt a little relieved, and he said euphemistically: "Uncle, I heard that you are rectifying the rule of officials, and you are rectifying the armies of the imperial court, and now you can't be distracted to deal with the feudal towns in various places, and some ministers in the imperial court also have a lot of complaints about the administration of the uncle. ”

Zhao Ziliang understood that Daizong was expressing his own views and opinions, that is to say, Daizong was worried that the feudal town would become more and more fierce, and in the end it would not be able to end, so he was going to meddle in government affairs, and fundamentally, the emperor was still not very confident that he would be able to deal with the complex internal and external political situation.

Zhao Ziliang knew that he must not retreat at this time, nor can he let Daizong intervene, otherwise his right to speak in the future will be weakened a lot, at least a considerable number of court ministers and officials who are dissatisfied with him will only listen to the emperor, and will not listen to him anymore.

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows what His Majesty is worried about, if the imperial court wants to change the passive situation and change the current outdated atmosphere, it must carry out innovation, and innovation will inevitably touch or even infringe on the interests of a considerable number of people, and they will definitely not sit idly by and watch their interests be violated, so it is normal for them to be dissatisfied with the minister's governance strategy, and they will do everything possible to stop it!" If we do not innovate all aspects of the imperial court and eliminate the old and corrupt things in the imperial court, the Tang Dynasty will not be able to rejuvenate itself. If it drags on, the imperial court will fall into an embarrassing situation of internal and external difficulties, and if you want to clean up the mess at that time, you will not be able to return to the sky! ”

"The minister believes that even if the imperial court is carrying out internal reform and rectification, it must not compromise with the feudal towns that do not obey the control and do not listen to the dispatch in various places, once there is a second time, and there is a second time and a third time, and in the end everyone in the court becomes numb, and the matter reaches the point of no return! The imperial court has not yet reached the point where it can only sit back and watch the local feudal towns become kings and dominate, and it must do its best to eradicate all disobedience! Since Your Majesty has entrusted all military and political affairs to your ministers, the ministers will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations! ”

Zhao Ziliang said a lot, although there was not a word to say no, but the words were all the same meaning, no! Daizong was a little annoyed, Zhao Ziliang was too faceless, and he actually rejected him as the emperor!

After Zhao Ziliang left, the more Daizong thought about it, the more angry he became, Dugu could see clearly from the side, although she never interfered in the affairs of the court, never let her relatives go, but she knew everything about the affairs of the court in her heart, she comforted: "Your Majesty, it's not the concubine who said you, since you handed over all the important military and political affairs of the court to the regent, don't ask anymore, one will only increase the trouble, and the other will cause unhappiness between your monarchs and ministers." According to the concubines, in just a few months since the regent was in power, the situation in the court has undergone earth-shaking changes, all the yamen of the court have become much more vibrant, and the market has become lively. Li Zhongchen's rebellion was quelled, Liang Chongyi was exterminated, and Xichuan Cui Ning's rebellion was imprisoned and was waiting to die. Zhou Zhiguang rebelled and was exterminated in less than five days, these are real achievements! Besides, you can't blame the regent for the prince's injury, the prince himself wants to lead the army to quell the rebellion, he is the prince, can the regent not agree? If you don't agree, the government and the opposition may say something ugly, and the concubine will say something unpleasant, although the prince used to be the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, but he has never really fought, he really thinks he has the talent of a marshal? Before making this decision, he didn't weigh it, he is still the prince, just this style of acting, how will he take over the Tang Dynasty in the future? ”

Hearing what the Dugu clan said, Daizong also felt that the prince was a little uncompromising, and he had the opportunity to lead the army and make a name for himself, but he didn't seize it, but almost folded himself in.

East Palace.

The imperial doctor checked Li Shi's pulse, and then opened his eyelids to check his eyes, and Yang Juan next to him said anxiously: "It's been almost a month, and the arrow wound on the back of His Highness has been so good that it has been seven, seven, eighty, eight or eight days, in recent days, His Highness has frequent cramps all over his body, difficulty breathing, always sweating, trismus, difficulty eating, you have to pry open your mouth and pour it with a round tube." At first, the interval between seizures was quite long, and the seizures were frequent in the past two days. Doctor, what the hell is going on? You have to think of a way to make Your Highness feel better quickly! ”

The Imperial Physician withdrew his hand and got up and asked, "Was Your Highness conscious or unconscious when he was rescued?" ”

Yang Juan said: "Comatose! ”

"Did you lose a lot of blood?"

"It wasn't much at first, and there was a lot of blood when I pulled out the arrow!"

"How deep is the wound? Is it cleaned? ”

Yang Juan was embarrassed: "This ・・・・・・ this official is not clear, at that time the soldiers were in chaos, everyone was fleeing for their lives, and later fled to a small village His Royal Highness woke up, forced the soldiers to pull out arrows for him, cleaned the wound with water, because of the fear that the rebels would chase him, so he did not take the medicine, and continued to flee in the direction of Luoyang after bandaging. ”

Dai Zong, who was sitting on the chair on the left, was quite worried, and said to the imperial doctor, "What is the prince's condition? You tell me the truth! ”

The imperial doctor didn't dare to say, "Your Majesty ・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang, who was sitting on the right, said at this time: "Why does this king look at the prince's symptoms like tetanus?" ”

The imperial doctor looked at Zhao Ziliang, quite surprised, and arched his hand: "The king knows about this disease?" This disease is called gold sores in the medical book "The Source of Chao's Disease" written by the predecessors, and the symptoms described are similar to those of the prince, but there are some differences! ”

Dai Zong patted the armrest of the chair and said, "Since you know the symptoms, Imperial Doctor, let's hurry up and prescribe medicine!" ”

The imperial doctor knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, although there is a record of this disease in the medical books, there is no special prescription, and this disease is difficult to treat, and the mortality rate is more than ninety and five!" ”

"What?" Dai Zong stood up in shock, pointed at the imperial doctor and said angrily, "What did you say? Do you mean that the prince will not survive? So what's the use of me keeping you? Come on, drag him down and cut him down! ”

The imperial doctor was frightened and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty spares your life, spares your life・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang knew that the mortality rate of tetanus was extremely high in ancient times, and even in later generations, the mortality rate of tetanus was very high, so he said loudly: "Your Majesty is angry, anger can't solve the problem!" The prince's illness always needs to be treated by the imperial doctor, and if you kill the imperial doctor, who will treat the prince? ”

After speaking, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand to a few soldiers who walked in, let them go out, and then said to Dai Zong: "The minister is in the army all the year round, and the soldiers have a lot of this disease after being injured, which is mainly because there is rust on the sword, and the wound is not cleaned up in time after the injury, this disease has an incubation period, some will attack after a few months, and some will attack within a few days, the disease is mild and severe, as the doctor said, once the disease is treated, the mortality rate is extremely high, and the doctors have no special means to treat it. We can only hope that the prince will survive this hurdle now! ”

Daizong's face turned pale, and he sat down on the chair, and the whole person seemed to have been greatly hit.

Six days later, Zhao Ziliang was processing the recital in the main hall of the palace hall, and Du Fu hurriedly walked in and said, "King, the news has just come from the East Palace that the prince is dead!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was stunned and stood up involuntarily.