What Chongzhen feared most in his life was that others said that he was mediocre and unreasonable, and the state of the Ming Dynasty had declined to such a point, and there were few bureaucrats of all sizes who were not greedy and corrupt, but this great emperor was the most diligent person, busy with government affairs every day, often reviewing and reading the recitals until late at night, and working hard, which is also the reason why he was not very old, but his face aged like an old man of fifty or sixty years old.

It's a pity that the fortunes of the country cannot be reversed by the power of one person, even if this person is the emperor.

Hua Bushi does not want the reward of silver brocade, as long as a pair of ink treasures, and said that the emperor is a Taoist monarch, and he wants to keep this ink treasure for generations to come, which means that the Ming Dynasty will continue for thousands of generations, which is the favor of Emperor Chongzhen.

As expected, a slight smile appeared on Chongzhen's face, and he said: "It's rare for Huaqing to be loyal to the country, and I will give you a piece of ink treasure as you wish!"

He immediately said to Tian Guifei: "Aifei, bring the pen and ink." ”

Although Tian Xiuying was reluctant in her heart, the emperor did not dare to disobey when he opened his mouth, so he got up and walked to the shelf by the wall and brought the four treasures of the study.

The rice paper was laid on the table, and Emperor Chongzhen took the pen to moisten the ink, brushed a little bit, and soon wrote a picture.

Hua Bushi knelt on the ground and couldn't see the words on the table, but Cao Duyun, who was standing next to him, could see clearly, only to see that what the emperor wrote was "Wanfang plays a thousand autumns with music" in seven big italic characters, and the pen was very strong.

This seven-character poem was originally from Zhang Hu's "Qianqiu Le" in the Tang Dynasty, and it was written in Chongzhen at this time, which actually refers to the meaning of the Ming Dynasty's eternal stability and thousands of generations.

After writing these seven characters, Chongzhen wrote the word "imperial title" below, and then put down the pen and said: "Come on, take this character to stamp the imperial treasure, frame it, and give it to Huaqing!"

A eunuch on the side stepped forward as ordered, picked up the ink treasure on the table and went out.

Hua Bushi kowtowed three times in a row and said, "Long live the grace of Xiaomin." ”

Writing a word casually saved thousands of silver taels of expenses, and Chongzhen was in a good mood. He was full of smiles, and he originally wanted to ask the two of them to quit immediately after the reward, but at the moment he only sat on the dragon couch and did not speak.

Tian Guifei next to her was a little impatient, coughed lightly, and when she was about to speak, Cao Duyun suddenly preemptively said: "Father, Mr. Hua is proficient in medicine, and he is the best at silver acupuncture and moxibustion. The father and emperor worked day and night for state affairs, and it was inevitable that he would be tired, and the child took him into the palace today, and wanted him to use this set of 'heart needle' techniques to relieve the saint's fatigue. ”

Tian Guifei frowned and said: "Your Majesty's dragon body is so noble, even if you are sick, you have your own imperial doctor to diagnose and treat it, how can you let others perform any silver acupuncture treatment?

Cao Duyun said: "Father, Mr. Hua's medical skills are rare in the world, even the imperial doctor in the palace is not as good, when the child was ordered to go to Jiangnan, he was highly poisoned, thanks to Mr. Hua's action to remove the poison to save his life." If it weren't for that, Twilight wouldn't have dared to make such a proposal. ”

Chongzhen is certainly fond of Tian Guifei, and he also trusts Cao Duyun very much, when his righteous son was ordered to go to Jiangnan to raise millions of silver taels, solving the dilemma of insufficient military salaries in Liaodong, which can be described as a great achievement. At this time, I heard Cao Duyun say that he was sure, and Chongzhen had a very good impression of Hua Bushi before, so he also believed seven or eight points, and said: "Okay, since it is Yun'er's filial piety, it doesn't hurt for me to give it a try." ”

Cao Duyun was overjoyed and said, "In this case, please ask my father to move to the back of the palace and let Mr. Hua perform the spell." ”

Tian Guifei originally wanted to object, but seeing that Chongzhen had already gotten up, she had to grit her teeth secretly, and also stood up and followed the emperor.

The dormitory is located in a courtyard behind the front hall.

Entering the house, the old eunuch Chen Ping brought in a wooden box with a square foot, which was the medical box brought by Hua Bushi with the car.

Hua Bushi helped Chongzhen sit down on the chair and said: "Xiaomin's set of 'concentrating acupuncture method' is a secret technique of acupuncture and moxibustion from the 'Yellow Emperor's Neijing'. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said, "When Xiaomin performs this technique, he must concentrate on it, so that the people in the house should not speak out at will. ”

Chongzhen said: "Although Hua Qing is doing the needle, others will not disturb him." ”

The emperor opened Chrysostom, and everyone else had to obey, Cao Duyun stood respectfully on the side, and Tian Guifei was also silent, so she had to sit down on the chair next to her.

Hua Bushi opened the medical box, took out a few porcelain bottles containing medicines, and took out a few books, all of which were placed on the table casually, and finally took out a jade box from the bottom of the box, and gently opened the lid of the box, which was lined with dozens of silver needles of different lengths.

Hua Bushi had a needle in his hand, and he didn't hesitate, and immediately began to perform the operation.

For a while, there was silence inside and outside the dormitory, just because he had spoken first, and he got the emperor's approval, because no one would speak, everyone held their breath and silenced, and they didn't even dare to come out.

Time passed little by little, after the time of tea, more than ten silver needles have been pierced on Chongzhen's waist and shoulders on many acupuncture points, Hua Bushi hand luck needles, sure enough, a look of full attention, concentration.

Chongzhen sat on the chair, and there was no pain in the place where the silver needle was pierced in his lower back, but he gradually felt that his mind was clear, and the original tiredness and sleepiness and back pain disappeared. He secretly thought in his heart, Yun'er's introduction was really not wrong, it seemed that this Mr. Hua's "Concentration Needle" did have some doorways.

After some more time, Hua Bushi was still unhurriedly moving the needle, and the emperor couldn't move while sitting on the chair, but he began to feel bored. His eyes glanced at the table in front of him, and he casually flipped through the books.

These books include "Shennong's Materia Medica", "Jin Kui Yaolu", and "Qianjin Fang", all of which are some medical books and pharmacopoeia. Although Chongzhen is also a learned emperor, he doesn't know anything about medical skills, and he can't understand all these books. Suddenly, he saw that there was a book with a few block letters written on the cover of the book, "The Theory of Peace and Thieves and the Country", and immediately took it in his hand and opened it to take a look.

This book is not a medical book, but a treatise on current affairs and how to pacify bandits and stabilize the country. Chongzhen since the first ascended the throne, there will be a number of peasant armies in each realm, seize the city and capture the land to kill the officials and rebel, the emperor in the past ten years was made anxious by the bandits, in the two major crises of the Ming Dynasty, the bandits are really worse than the Manchu Tartar captives in the north.

How to pacify the bandits is something that Chongzhen has been thinking about for many years, but it is a pity that it is difficult to find a good solution, although there are many officials in the court, they also can't think of an effective way, so that now the peasant army in various places is overgrown, almost to the point of being out of control. What was written in this article was what Chongzhen was most interested in, and he immediately read it carefully.

In this "Theory of Peaceful Thieves and Peaceful Nation", the bandits in each realm are described in detail, especially the characteristics of the eighteen rebel armies today, the strength and weakness of the troops are all analyzed, and at the same time, the merits of the soldiers and horses of the state capitals of the Ming Dynasty are also judged.

Many officials in the imperial court have also written about the way of the thief, and Chongzhen has also seen a lot of relevant concerts, but most of them are empty talks, and the strategies proposed seem to be beautiful, but they have no effect when they are actually implemented. The reason for this is that most of these officials have lived in Beijing for a long time, and their knowledge of the actual situation of the peasant army is very limited, in fact, not only the Beijing officials, but also the governors and admirals stationed in the provinces, Ye Xin only knows the situation of one or two righteous armies, and cannot really control the overall situation.

The actions of the peasant army were extremely flexible, and it occurred from time to time that several or even a dozen roads gathered together to attack the prefectures and counties, and once the imperial court concentrated its forces to conquer and suppress, it immediately dispersed and fled, just as the situation of the 36th battalion of the righteous army in the Yujing border besieging Huaiqing City that day.

The so-called knowing the enemy, winning a hundred battles, in the "Theory of Peace and Thieves and Peace", the analysis of the peasant army and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court is by no means comparable to the recitals of those courtiers that Chongzhen has seen in the past.

After these analyses, the way of the thief proposed in this theory is called "the four positive and six corners, the net of the ten directions". However, the description of this way is very simple, and only its name is mentioned in the commentary, but the specific method of implementation is not mentioned, and the article ends abruptly.

This is an article that has not yet ended, and it is written that the key point is gone, just like a table of wine, the hors d'oeuvres and the first few side dishes are very delicious, and when it is time to serve the main course, it is suddenly withdrawn, which makes people look forward to it but unspeakably uncomfortable.

Chongzhen flipped the last two pages of the thin book back and forth several times, and searched for several books on the table, before he was convinced that there was really no follow-up to this "Theory of Peace and Thieves and Peace".

But at this time, he only heard Hua Bushi say: "Saint, the 'heart needle' of the small people has been applied, and the saint can move on his own, so that the qi and blood can flow smoothly." ”

It turned out that Chongzhen had been reading the book attentively just now, and before he knew it, an hour had passed.

Seeing that Hua Bushi put the silver needle into the jade box, and put all the things on the table into the medical box one by one, Chongzhen grabbed the book "The Theory of Peace and Thieves and the Country", and said, "Is this article written by Hua Qing?"

Hua Bushi said: "Back to Your Majesty, Hua Bushi is a shallow scholar and can't write such an article, this is written by a friend of mine." ”

Chongzhen said: "Who is that person and where is he now?"

This great genius has always behaved in a glorious manner, but at this time there is an eager look on his face.

Hua Bushi said: "The person who wrote this article is surnamed Yang, his name is Sichang, and he is now in the Jingshi. ”

"Yang Sichang?" Chongzhen read, only feeling that the name was a little familiar. There were hundreds of officials in the Ming Dynasty, although the positions of the Yang family father and son were not low, but now they have been dismissed for several years, and the emperor can hardly remember.

He turned to Cao Duyun and said, "Yun'er, do you know this person?"