Chapter 1104 Disagree
The emperor and the crown prince want to grant amnesty to the entire country, but things are not that simple. Someone has to write the imperial edict, right?
Unfortunately, Wei Zhi was on duty at the Taiji Palace today. Upon receiving the imperial decree, he put down his pen and said, "The matter of amnesty has far-reaching implications. We will discuss it after we confirm with His Majesty."
The eunuch who came to deliver the decree said, "Your Majesty's intention is to issue an order immediately. While the Empress's condition is improving, you can exert more strength and pray for her. Perhaps she will recover."
Wei Zhi, of course, didn't believe in the idea of a general amnesty and prayers. He felt the Crown Prince and the Emperor were simply desperate. Upon hearing that all the princes and princesses had agreed, and especially that the Third Prince was eager to go to the Ministry of Justice to help, he stood up and asked, "Where is His Majesty now?"
The eunuch was startled, his intuition was not good, and he quickly said: "Your Majesty is accompanying the Empress in the Lizheng Hall."
He added, "The queen is ill."
What I mean is, do you have the nerve to let the Queen suffer and be humiliated at this time?
Wei Zhi felt really embarrassed, so instead of going directly to the Lizheng Palace to find the emperor, he turned around and went to find Duke Zhao.
Duke Zhao was the Queen's brother. He was leisurely drinking tea in the Ministry of War. He happened to glance outside and saw Wei Zhilong walking towards him with the gait of a tiger.
Duke Zhao was stunned, immediately put down the teacup, turned around and was about to slip away.
Minister Liu, who was sitting opposite him, grabbed his sleeve and said unhappily, "Why are you hiding from him?"
"Hey, it's usually bad luck when he finds someone. If I'm not hiding, why am I staying here?"
"Then you should ask what it is," Minister Liu scolded him, "and you run away without even asking. If this gets out, will you still have any dignity left as Duke Zhao?"
Just when the two were arguing, Wei Zhi pushed the door open and Minister Liu immediately let go of his sleeve.
Duke Zhao understood what was going on. "Well, Liu Hui, you did it on purpose!"
Wei Zhi: "What on purpose?"
Duke Zhao glanced at him, turned around and sat down on the chair, and asked, "Master Wei, why did you come to see me?"
It wasn't anything special, so there was no need to beat around the bush. Wei Zhi directly told the two of them the emperor's decree.
Seeing that Duke Zhao and Minister Liu both frowned slightly, he knew that they didn't agree very much either, so he suggested, "Shall we go together to see His Majesty and try to persuade him?"
Although Liu Hui didn't quite agree, he didn't want to get involved, so he said, "Our Ministry of Revenue is busy. Duke Zhao is the king's uncle, so let him accompany you."
Wei Zhi mainly came to see Duke Zhao, so he looked at him.
Duke Zhao cursed Liu Hui inwardly and defended the Emperor and the Crown Prince, saying, "Your Majesty is also worried about the Empress. If praying for blessings is really helpful, then it's not a bad idea."
"Have you ever seen an amnesty be useful in curing illness?"
"How do you know it won't work if you haven't tried it?" Duke Zhao said, "The Queen has been blessed by Heaven. If many people sincerely pray for her, and she is reborn, who knows if Heaven will have mercy on her?"
"But they are all evil people who commit crimes!"
"So we need to help them return to the human realm. If they are really dragged to the execution ground and beheaded, they will return to the animal realm."
Wei Zhi thought this was complete nonsense and was so angry that he started arguing with Duke Zhao on the spot.
While the quarrel was going on, the emperor in the Lizheng Hall waited for an imperial edict for a long time but no one came. He couldn't help but frown, "Why does it take so long to write an edict?"
He looked at Gu Zhong, who bowed and retreated. After a while, he came back and whispered, "Your Majesty, Lord Wei is on duty at Taiji Hall today."
emperor:……
He regretted it, but in fact, it would be the same if he issued another decree tomorrow.
Manbao was discussing medical skills with the imperial doctors. Of course, the topic was still about the queen's illness, and from there it expanded to the treatments for various respiratory diseases.
Xiao Yuan wanted to see Man Bao's acupuncture skills, mainly because he wanted to know how good her acupuncture skills were so that he could adjust the treatment method for the queen later.
In fact, in addition to these imperial doctors, there are also female doctors in the palace. There are not many, but there are five of them.
But their medical skills are far inferior to Manbao's, not to mention these imperial doctors.
What they learned was similar to what the pharmacists around the imperial physicians had learned, and they couldn't even prescribe medicine independently.
It’s not that they are not smart, nor that they are unwilling to learn, but for various reasons, their medical skills are not very advanced.
The female doctors in the palace were all selected from good families, and most of them were concubines' daughters in the imperial physicians' houses.
Most of them followed their fathers and brothers to learn some common diseases among women and how to care for them, and then they were sent to the palace to compete for the position of female doctors.
If selected, she will be awarded the title of ninth-rank female doctor.
However, they would not work as female doctors in the palace for their entire lives. Most of them were selected at the age of twelve or thirteen, and at the age of eighteen or nineteen, or at the latest twenty. If they still could not marry a noble, they would have to leave the palace and return home to propose marriage.
However, because they have worked as female doctors in the palace, they have more choices and better options than before.
But precisely because they will all get married, most of their families are unwilling to teach them core medical skills.
Similarly, few women study medicine very diligently, because after a few years they will get married and have children, and they will have fewer opportunities to use medical skills.
After all, they still look down on female doctors and also look down on medicine.
The heads of all departments were of the second rank, except for the director of the Imperial Medical Service, who was only of the fourth rank.
Although Manbao had long been famous in the capital, and they had witnessed her medical skills when they talked to her just now, Xiao Yuanzheng still wanted to be more certain.
Manbao then made an appointment with Xiao Yuanzheng to go to his house in the evening for acupuncture so that he could see her skills.
The Crown Prince was standing not far from them. When he heard that Wei Zhi was unwilling to write the imperial edict, he said unhappily, "If the Queen Mother's illness is delayed because of him, Wei Zhi, can he afford it?"
Wei Zhike was one of her own. Man Bao couldn't help but look at the prince. Seeing that he was furious, she looked at the emperor again. Seeing that he was also silent, with a look of approval on his face, she couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty and the prince, won't you ask the queen?"
The prince was angry. He turned to look at her and asked, "What do you want?"
Manbao frowned. "Your Majesty, Crown Prince, you want to grant amnesty to the entire nation and pray for the Queen. You clearly believe in karma, but you must know that most of those imprisoned are evildoers, especially those sentenced to death. They may be grateful to the Queen for letting her receive retribution, but who will bear the hatred of those innocent people they harmed and their families? In the end, the consequences will fall on the Queen, won't they?"
The prince was furious: "How dare they!"
Manbao looked at the prince silently and thought to himself: You control everything in the world, but how can you control what people think?
The prince obviously thought of this as well, especially after meeting Manbao's gaze, it was hard for him not to understand.
He was silent for a moment, then turned to look at his father.
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(End of this chapter)
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