Chapter 238 – Nephew Follows Uncle

Mrs. Xu is very serious about medicine.

After all, he really has suffered many severe beatings in the physical sense.

He couldn’t guarantee that he would survive the next time if something went wrong.

When people have a desire to live, it always turns into a perverted drive.

After listening to Zhang Anshi said a great deal, he seemed to have um, said: “Is this not Hua Tuo’s method of healing the general? I understand, where there is a disease, cut off where, and then rely on these self healing …… as if …… we have a rotting flesh on our skin and excise it.”

Reason is common, and theoretical knowledge can be integrated.

The most important thing is that Zhang Anshi gave him a thought, and this thought seems to let Dr. Xu enlightenment at once, once upon a time think all dare not think of things, now …… seems to become possible.

Of course, the most important thing here is whether you believe in this theory or not, because people may have whims, but the vast majority of thoughts, in the end, will be quickly thrown away, because when you rationally analyze it, it seems impossible.

It was good that in this aspect, Eunuch Xu still trusted Zhang Anshi, if Zhang Anshi said it was possible, then there must be a possibility of success.

Zhang Anshi said, “It’s just that this process, but there are many difficulties, but it doesn’t matter, you can try anything, don’t be afraid.”

“Try ……” Imperial Doctor Xu couldn’t tense up and was scared to death, “But I don’t dare, I don’t dare.”

Zhang Anshi sighed, “Ai, you are even as kind-hearted as I am, are you not also afraid of seeing blood?”

Imperial Doctor Xu said, “It’s a head-killing offense to disembowel someone.”

Zhang Anshi was then happy: “You can find some pigs to try your hand first, in a few days, I will send a few pigs to you, you think about how to tie them, anesthetize them, how to find the lesions, how to cut, how to stop the bleeding, and how to make sure that what I have said can reduce the infection.”

Hearing this, Imperial Doctor Xu couldn’t help but rejoice and say, “It’s still Marquis who is thoughtful.”

Zhang Anshi encouraged at the right time, “Learn and practice well, and you will become a great man in the future.”

Dr. Xu was a little moved.

Tears welled up in his eyes.

Zhang Anshi said, “What’s wrong with you?”

Imperial Doctor Xu said, “I do not have any favors for the Marquis, but the Marquis has taught me everything I need to know, such great kindness, it is really hard to repay even if you break your bones.”

By definition, peers are enemies!

Not to mention peers, even in the Imperial Hospital, each doctor, if there is any unique secret, that is also trying to cover up and hide, for fear of being known.

The medical skill is a secret, not only is it the foundation of one’s own life, but it can be passed on to one’s children and grandchildren in the future, so that the children and grandchildren will have food to eat.

No one will be kind enough to teach you the art of healing, even if there are doctors who need help, often in the name of recruiting apprentices to recruit some people, but what is taught, but only some superficial knowledge.

But Zhang Anshi instantly let Dr. Xu open his eyes, and he realized that the original …… can still be like this.

Although Dr. Xu’s level of medical skills is not good, but his family has a lot of knowledge about medicine, like this alternative therapy, is definitely some kind of masterpiece, but Zhang Anshi did not hesitate to point out and teach him, which must be a great merit ah.

It seems that he Xu someone, once upon a time really misunderstand the Annan Marquis, once upon a time also thought that the Annan Marquis as the word on the street, is a scumbag it.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Don’t think about that, do a good job.”

Zhang Anshi’s thoughts are different, Zhang Anshi on the medical level of this era is not assured, he is still young, of course, there is no worry, but what about the future …… future if there is a disease, is not their own to their own knife?

There still has to be someone!

This Xu doctor, is a rare willingness to learn, look at him dissecting the corpse to do these notes, can really use the heart.

People are willing to learn, he Zhang Anshi can be said to be begging for it!

So Zhang Anshi added: “If you want alcohol, and anti-inflammatory potion, can come to me, I have plenty here. In addition …… to go under the knife, you have to have a good instrument, I here …… to find a craftsman to give you customized, in short, do not care about the cost, just go ahead and try.”

Hearing this, Dr. Xu was even more moved to tears.

Two legs a soft, will worship down said:” marquis …… you …… you …… under the official can get the marquis to teach the art of this miracle doctor, the marquis will be under the official regeneration parents. In the future ……”

He said it solemnly, as if he were betting on it.

In fact, in this era, by and large, even in the latter part of the countryside, but in the early years of apprenticeship with people, the apprentice is often the master as their own half of the father to serve.

After all, this is not the age of knowledge explosion, a craft, is a person’s foundation, can be used for a lifetime.

Zhang Anshi waved his hand and said, “That’s enough, that’s enough, in the future, if there’s anything you don’t understand, continue to come and ask me.”

Imperial Doctor Xu then kowtowed, “Yes.”

The next day, Zhang Anshi first announced the good news of creating the mansion.

When this news came out, the merchant bank and the Southern Zhenfu Division, were invigorated.

Immediately after that, it is to hand the matter over to Zhu Jin, so that he can draw up a budget, plan the land, recruit craftsmen, and start to create a …… neighborhood on a large scale.

The scale of this neighborhood is extremely large, three or four miles than the neighboring marketplace of Qixia, in addition to the preparations for the construction of a few roads, through the marketplace and the South Township Division and the premises of the merchant houses.

Even Zhang Anshi also three or four miles away, also repaired a ferry, the future …… ensures that there will be a ferry, every incense, issued a boat, to facilitate the travel of people there.

With roads and ferries, a large number of utilities followed, with schools, medical centers, and stores to be reserved.

Zhang Anshi even broke the mold by creating an underground pipe for drainage and sewage.

Of course, there is ready experience with this kind of pipeline, many cities of the old fathers, have similar sewage and drainage underground pipeline already, just in this era, the cost is expensive.

Zhang Anshi is willing to give up money, anyway, it is the merchant bank out, and the profit of the merchant bank, is extremely amazing.

Zhu Jin looked at the plan given by Zhang Anshi, couldn’t help but be shocked, so he said, “Even if it’s the Prefecture, I’m afraid it’s not on this scale. Marquis, this first phase, there are eight thousand households, and in the future it will be up to thirty to fifty thousand households …… This will cost a lot of silver!”

Zhang Anshi said, “Why, are you distressed?”

Zhu Jin happy, these mansions, now certainly not his share, he has divided the mansion, but Zhu Jin is still overjoyed look.

He knew one thing very well in his heart, if the Marquis was so kind to the unusual lieutenants and employees of the merchant houses, could he still treat him, Zhu Jin, badly in the future?

Zhu Jin said, “It doesn’t hurt, I was thinking, if this detailed bulletin is posted, I’m afraid that all up and down, will be happy. By the way, this piece of housing, are all built with the Houfu as the center?”

Zhang Anshi decisively said, “Right, around the marquis to plan, outside the marquis, just to repair another square ……”

Zhu Jin couldn’t help but remind, “Aren’t you worried, Marquis, that this is too noisy?”

Zhang Anshi was happy in his heart. Noisy? I can’t wait to live in a pile!

This marquis alone rely on high walls and sentries is useless, tens of thousands of households to the marquis as the center of the circle to expand, these tens of thousands of households, is equivalent to the Zhang family invisible a city wall.

Think about it, outside is tens of thousands of households in the future more than 100,000 people with the Zhang family solidarity, this is not equal to the Zhang family are a city wall? With this, he this marquis, is considered to be a real brick wall.

Zhang Anshi said, “In addition to this, there is also the Annan Wei ……”

After a pause, then said: “Annan guards will be recruited these days, in addition to a part of the marquis post to stay as internal guards, in the vicinity of this newly built neighborhood, also want to build a few posts, responsible for maintaining the security of the head here and security, to stop the curfew. Let’s do this, I will report to His Majesty to divide this An Nan Wei into three hundred houses, one specializing in guarding the Zhang family. The other two, divided into two hundred households in the east and west, so that they can patrol the streets and be prepared.”

Jukin nodded, “Yes.”

In the afternoon, but someone came to visit, it was actually Yao Guangxiao who came.

Where did Zhang Anshi dare to slow down, naturally he went to greet him personally.

Once he heard that Yao Guangxiao was coming, he was actually a bit nervous in his heart, so when he saw Yao Guangxiao, Zhang Anshi said, “Master Yao ……”

Yao Guangxiao said, “Amitabha Buddha, alright, you and I don’t have to be so polite.”

He took Zhang Anshi’s hand and looked intimate, “The poor monk has been thinking of you these past few days.”

Zhang Anshi’s face changed slightly, and he dryly laughed, “I …… am also thinking of Master Yao.”

Yao Guangxiao laughed out loud and said, “So, this is the fate of you and me. By the way, I heard that the King of Zhao is seriously ill, do you know about it?”

Zhang Anshi said, “I don’t know.”

Yao Guangxiao was unapologetic, “You must be thinking that the King of Zhao must be faking his illness.”

Zhang Anshi smiled noncommittally, he could not confirm Yao Guangxiao’s true purpose.

Yao Guangxiao said, “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really kind and generous, has gone to the Zhao Wangfu a few times, hey …… such a compassionate heart, that is, poor monks, also can not help but be convinced by it.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Brother-in-law is generous, unlike you and me.”

Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhang Anshi with a wry smile and said, “You are you, don’t drag the poor monk, the poor monk has changed his nature now, he is getting older, he has to start accumulating merits.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I don’t agree with the argument of merit, it’s not like merit is being an abusive person. It’s like releasing a rabbit to be meritorious, but you release jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, or poisonous snakes, where is this meritoriousness? This is a lack of great virtue!”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said: “Oops, Annan Hou speak, always very much in line with the poor monk’s intention. I heard that you here, learning style is very good, now Qixia large and small school, there are thirty-nine, is it?”

Zhang Anshi said, “In addition to the official school academy is run by the Jin Yiwei, the rest, are the neighborhood to raise their own, or village school, or clan school, the level of uneven.”

Yao Guangxiao said, “These days, poor monks always want to take a walk and look around Qixia.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Then I will lead Master on a journey.”

Immediately, he led Yao Guangxiao to the official school academy.

The official school academy, the learning style is solemn, because of the heavy workload, so it is the dawning of the start into the school, to learn to Shen time three minutes, that is, the evening.

After Yao Guangxiao turned around, he said, “This academy is quite interesting.”

“What’s the point?”

Yao Guangxiao said, “The Four Books and Five Classics, all rely on self-study, but here, the schoolwork is even more onerous.”

This is true, the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, in addition to the Montessori, the vast majority of the so-called Confucianism school, the most recited content, their own familiar reading can be, as for the skills of writing articles, no family background had to fumble on their own, but there is a family background, is often to hire a master teacher, personal tutoring.

And like the government school academy, directly a classroom dozens of people gathered together in the classroom, specialized in explaining, and then assign homework is very little.

“Unfortunately, what the instructors here teach, the poor monks don’t quite understand.”

Zhang Anshi laughed, “Master Yao has already made a name for himself, it doesn’t matter if he knows or doesn’t know.”

“The sea of learning is endless.” Yao Guangxiao is extraordinarily affectionate today, and is close to announcing that Zhang Anshi is his half-brother.

This made Zhang Anshi more and more jittery.

Walking to the schoolyard of the academy, Yao Guangxiao suddenly frowned and said, “Here, why don’t you set up a statue of a saint?”

Zhang Anshi was surprised and said, “The statue of the saint, it is the matter of their Confucians, and what is the relevance of my official school academy?”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “Aiya, Marquis of Annan, you are too honest, Sage Confucius has been dead for nearly two thousand years, what kind of statue are you erecting, can he still jump out of his coffin and beat you?”

Zhang Anshi looked at Yao Guangxiao with slight puzzlement and said, “Master Yao might as well make things clearer.”

Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhang Anshi in a different way and said, “Have you ever heard of the White Lotus Sect?”

Zhang Anshi didn’t like to spend half a day guessing, and simply said, “Please ask Master Yao to clarify.”

“This White Lotus Sect, too, claims to be a disciple of Sakyamuni.” Yao Guangxiao looked at him with a smiling face and said, “You understand what the poor monk means, right?”

Zhang Anshi’s eyes slightly opened and he gritted his teeth, “I, Zhang Anshi, am a loyal minister, not that kind of meeting party.”

Yao Guangxiao patted his shoulder and said: “Oops, poor monk is just making an analogy, what are you excited about? In fact, this is the same meaning, the hole saint has died, he said now does not count, who is the hole saint under the direct transmission, than whose voice is louder, here to set up a statue of the saint, can make you this official school academy, in the future less trouble.”

Zhang Anshi said, “What I have learned here, I don’t expect a man who has become an ancient man to endorse it for me.”

“Ambitious.” Yao Guangxiao nodded and said, “No wonder that old man, Jin Zhong, is full of praise for you.”

Zhang Anshi looked at Yao Guangxiao breathlessly and said, “Master Yao, you’d better speak plainly, are you short of joss oil money?”

Yao Guangxiao said: “What is this word, do you and I only have incense oil money this love? Although you and I are very different in age, but sympathetic, do not talk about those yellow and white things, poor monks listen to the nausea.”

Zhang Anshi felt even more vain, so he said, “Yes, yes, Master Yao is right.”

Yao Guangxiao hands together palms, only then added: “In fact, there is one thing …… really want to ask An Nan Hou to help a favor, of course, just a small matter …… small can not be small again.”

Zhang Anshi felt that he had made a mess just to wait for this sentence from him, so he said, “Please also show Master Yao.”

Yao Guangxiao said: “poor monks think, this Qixia is a good place, Jin Zhong that old man has always said that this place is very good feng shui, poor monks old, you also know, the line will be dead, will die, there is no other thoughts, only …… hope to promote Buddhism. Poor monks want to Qixia, build a temple, how?”

Zhang Anshi was puzzled, “This Qixia already has the Qixia Temple. What’s more, are you yourself at the Jixing Temple?”

Yao Guangxiao sighed and said, “That being said, but whether it is Qixia, or Jixing Temple, neither is built by poor monks, to say …… that no matter where it is, it is actually just a fence.”

At this moment, Zhang Anshi really wanted to roll his eyes at him, being a host and actually calling it a parasite?

Only to see Yao Guangxiao then said, “Expenses, poor monk alone out, poor monk these days, scrimping and saving, also saved hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t teach you to pay for it, how can I teach someone else to do it for me?”

Zhang Anshi, however, said, “If it’s several hundred thousand taels of silver to build a temple, isn’t that too much?”

Yao Guangxiao said, “The poor monk only needs you to come up with a piece of land, preferably closer to your marquis’ residence.”

“Why?” Zhang Anshi was even more puzzled.

Yao Guangxiao said, “You are more afraid of death, so being closer to you, you and I living next to each other, the poor monk is also more at ease.”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

At this moment, Zhang Anshi actually felt like it made sense.

Even Yao Guangxiao is still unable to be spontaneous; he has a mind for fame and fortune.

A temple host, nothing, but a temple founder, after thousands of years, that an ancient temple, but whenever someone passes by, mentioning the origins of this temple, are not inevitably mentioned to the founder of the temple object.

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but sigh, “But my land …… is very valuable ……”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t teach you to break the bank for nothing, the poor monk is willing to give some money to buy the land.”

In this instant, Zhang Anshi’s mind suddenly came up with an idea, so he said with a rising heart, “And don’t want your money, just this temple of yours, the project has to be given to me to do.”

Yao Guangxiao raised an eyebrow and said, “You wouldn’t want to build this temple of mine, into a tower for hiding soldiers by this marquis of yours.”

Zhang Anshi quickly shook his head like a rattle drum and said seriously, “What does Master Yao take me for!”

That’s a moment of safety.

Building a temple can ignore the specifications, and Yao Guangxiao still has silver, Zhang Anshi just take it to practice, directly build a high tower, and then build some temples, not only exercise the team of engineering, and …… may also really build a watchtower that is the highest in history, if it is matched with binoculars … …

I have to say, I, Zhang Anshi, am really a talent!

Zhang Anshi face also unconsciously more than a few points of sincere smile said: “Yao master rest assured, leave it to me, who let me and you have a destiny? You but wherever out of the silver, my side …… no matter how to give you to build a temple that stands a thousand years will not fall, safekeeping you satisfied.”

Yao Guangxiao, however, said, “When you say that, the poor monk is a bit uneasy instead.”

Zhang Anshi said smilingly, “Don’t you know what I am like, Master Yao?”

Yao Guangxiao said, “The temple you’re building here, there would be a Mahamudra inside, there would be Buddha statues, and there would be a Ming Hall, right?”

Zhang Anshi said with great certainty, “Yes, yes, yes, all of them.”

“What about the stupa, the scripture hall, the bell and drum tower, the Tibetan scripture building, the fasting hall, and the meditation hall?”

Zhang Anshi said, “What kind of words are these, how could there be none?”

Yao Guangxiao looked straight at Zhang Anshi for half a second, and finally said, “Although some uneasy, no, since the marquis took the initiative to help, poor monks also have no intention to create, handed over to the marquis is also good.”

Zhang Anshi was suddenly glowing with joy.

After agreeing on these things, Yao Guangxiao but suddenly said, “The matter of the King of Zhao, you have to put it in your heart and always keep an eye on the changes.”

Zhang Anshi was surprised, “Does Master Yao have any advice?”

Yao Guangxiao said: “The king of Zhao is not a good person, quite ambitious, but he is not able to make things happen ……”

Zhang Anshi said suspiciously, “In that case, why do you care about him?”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, ”That’s how it is with a prince, the merits and demerits of a prince are actually not important. What matters is …… that he is a prince! As long as he is a prince and is still in the capital, then there are bound to be unwilling people who wish to surround him. You understand what the poor monk means, right?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Meaning, still beware of him?”

Yao Guangxiao, however, said, “No, if it is a poor monk, he will not beware of him, but instead, let him befriend the ministers, let more people …… climb on his side, and wait until the time is ripe, and then these people …… will be wiped out. This world, there will never be a lack of those who want to blackmail the prince to make a mess, you are the Jin Yiwei Commanding Envoy Tongzhi, should be more than the poor monks understand this reasoning.”

When Zhang Anshi heard this, he was enlightened, “Fishing for law enforcement?”

“What?” Yao Guangxiao said in disbelief.

Zhang Anshi joyfully said, “I understand what Master Yao means, haha …… sure enough, when it comes to plotting rebellion, Master Yao really deserves to be an expert.”

Yao Guangxiao instantly glared at Zhang Anshi, “With this remark, do you mean what you say?”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “I wouldn’t dare.”

Yao Guangxiao breathed a sigh of relief before he added: “Kindly remind you, not because of you kid, but because of the crown prince, the crown prince is kind and generous, but also too lenient. In the future, the crown prince will succeed the great system, this kind of nature, of course, is qualified to keep the king, but in the future, sooner or later, because of this kind of leniency, and leave a lot of hidden dangers, woe to the children and grandchildren.”

“It is as if, this Northern Song Dynasty problem, started in Song Renzong, precisely because Song Renzong is too generous, resulting in redundant officials, redundant soldiers, redundant costs of the problem of extraordinarily prominent, these people and waste of money and food, to the end of the tail thereafter. Not only that, but also because of his benevolent government, resulting in land annexation, increasingly serious. Since then, the Northern Song Dynasty has gone down in flames, although there have been repeated attempts to change course since then.”

“But you have to know that in this world …… if someone takes advantage of a favor, then even if you take away even just a tiny bit of them, it is still more difficult than killing them. The Great Ancestor, Emperor Gao, and His Majesty today, ruled the officials quite harshly, also because of this.”

After a pause, Yao Guangxiao continued, “The problem now is the same, many people in the court, wish to help the King of Zhao from the dragon. Is it because they really love the King of Zhao? Not really. It’s just because, they can get benefits from the King of Zhao.”

“These people, in the future, once the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, they will also surround the Crown Prince as usual, showing their loyalty and stealing high offices and salaries! Even in the future, the fly and dog, lead to the world’s chaos. Poor monk thought, rather than keep these people in the future scourge of the country, it is better …… to eradicate early, in order to prevent before it is too late.”

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but say with a bit of admiration, “Master Yao is truly far-sighted.”

Yao Guangxiao smiled bitterly, “Throughout the dynasties, such a lot of lessons, many times, in fact, it is just a thought of benevolence, poor monks know that many people behind the back scolded poor monks ……”

Yao Guangxiao said and looked deeply at Zhang Anshi, “His Majesty has made you this Jin Yi Wei Commander Tong Zhi, and he also has this intention.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Then what should be done about these scumbags?”

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, “This is what Marquis Annan is thinking about.”

Zhang Anshi actually felt that Yao Guangxiao had not said a lot of things thoroughly.

He lectured on the big picture but didn’t tell him what to do about it.

So, a moment of head scratching.

…………

“Your Majesty.”

Yao Guangxiao entered the Wen Building.

Zhu was sitting upright at the moment, looking at a book – Spring and Autumn.

“This Spring and Autumn Annals is quite interesting, no wonder Zhang Anshi loves it. As the saying goes, when Confucius writes the Spring and Autumn Annals, the chaotic officials are afraid.” Zhu smiled.

He seems to have forgotten that he, in the beginning, was also a chaotic minister.

Of course, people look at themselves with a filter.

I obviously started out as a pacifist, what does that have to do with the rebel ministers?

The world was my father’s, and I took it back from my stupid nephew. It makes sense, doesn’t it?

Yao Guangxiao said, “I and Zhang Anshi, had a few casual conversations.”

Zhu Di gave Yao Guangxiao a sideways glance, “Hm?”

Yao Guangxiao said, “What is being talked about is the problem of His Highness, the King of Zhao.”

“Uh-huh.” Zhu nodded as he downplayed the situation.

Yao Guangxiao added, “Is His Highness King Zhao’s health better?”

Zhu Di said, “I sent someone to urge, this time, look not like pretending to be sick.”

Yao Guangxiao also nodded his head.

The two raised each other’s eyes, looked at each other, and each unannouncedly misplaced their gaze again.

“Master Yao, I’ve been distracted recently, so come and talk to me about the Buddhist scriptures.”

Zhu Di face grave, but suddenly put aside the hands of the “Spring and Autumn Annals”, leaning against the back of the chair, like a nap.

“Yes.”

…………

By the seventeenth day of the fourth month of the fifth year of the eternal reign.

The King of Zhao’s condition, suddenly deteriorated.

The situation is very bad.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess Zhang went to inquire again.

And the palace also got the news, Empress Xu rose to Zhao Wangfu, Zhu Di had no choice but to accompany.

In the court, there is a lot of discussion about Zhao Wang s condition, and many people think that it is a disease caused by worry, in short …… the condition is very serious, and the vast majority of people think that Zhao Wang may not be able to hold on for a long time.

This is the news coming out of the Zhao Wangfu.

In response, Xie Jin sat in the duty room, distracted, he vaguely had some worries.

But …… he finally pretended to be calm, as if nothing had happened.

Instead, at this time, Zhang Anshi was finally dragged alive to the Zhao Wangfu.

It was Xu Jingyi who taught Zhang Anshi to come, no matter what, the visit should still be visited, lest he be said to be thinly veiled.

Zhang Anshi came to the Zhao Wangfu resentfully, and then went to the back hall of the Wangfu and met Zhu Di and Empress Xu.

Zhang Anshi saluted, “I have met His Majesty, and I have met Your Majesty.”

Zhu Di’s stony face eased a bit and said, “You’re here?”

Zhang Anshi then said, “I heard that His Highness the King of Zhao is not feeling well, and my heart is burning with worry and pain ……”

“Oooooooooooo……” At this point, a sad and hurtful cry came from the side: “I heart Uncle Sam the most ……”

Zhang Anshi: “……”