Chapter 1583 Cooperation
Yin Li had never thought about these things before, but the Yin family was also a small family. Although it was not as big as the Wang and Cui families, after seeing so much, he understood.
Yin Li, who had only one son who would definitely not become an official, did not feel much about the emperor's suppression of the aristocratic families.
So I can completely think about this matter from the emperor's perspective.
The emperor also liked to talk about his concerns in this regard with Yin Li. There were some things he could not tell the queen, nor his sons, and even less so, he could not tell Wei Zhi and other ministers in the court.
He still listened to Yin Li's advice. He never dared to look down on these noble families. When he revised a clan history book, they would talk about it for many years. Cui Shi was unwilling to marry his daughter because he demoted them, and he was still unwilling to marry his daughter to their family.
Those who instigated Sanlang were all rats. If beating them affected the prince and Sanlang, it would be a loss.
The emperor began to think about how to deal with them slowly without affecting his two sons too much.
Yin Li followed the pensive emperor silently, and after sending him back to the main hall, he took his leave.
The emperor stood in front of the palace gate and thought for a moment, but did not go in. Instead, he turned and went to the study.
When Gu Zhong saw this, he knew that the emperor wanted to rest in the study tonight, so he asked someone to tell the queen while he made preparations.
By the time he had served the emperor, it was already dark, and he finally found a time to go out for dinner.
Gu Ji specially heated up the food for his master. When he saw his master come in, he poured him a bowl of hot soup and whispered, "Master, your stomach is not feeling well. Drink a bowl of soup first."
Gu Zhong nodded, took the soup and took a sip. Seeing that only the master and the disciple were in the room, he whispered, "Even if this matter is over, don't mention it to anyone else."
Gu Ji breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his voice to ask, "Master, if we hear that Prince Gong and the Crown Prince are arguing, do we really not need to hide in the manor?"
Gu Zhong shook his head. "Your Majesty treats Prince Gong and the Crown Prince differently now, so just focus on your duties and pretend you know nothing."
He glanced at Gu Ji's hand and asked in a low voice, "Have you applied the medicine?"
Gu Ji nodded quickly, "After applying the ointment, it got much better in the afternoon and it's not so red anymore."
"Where are your knees?"
“I have painted it too.”
Gu Zhong nodded, looked at the dim night outside and said, "It's still too hot today. The bluestone slabs on the ground feel like they're being burned even after only being exposed to the sun for a whole morning. Don't be so honest when you kneel next time. Find a shaded place to kneel. At least it won't be so hot..."
Gu Ji responded humbly, indicating that he understood everything. "This time, I owe Master Zhou a favor."
Gu Zhong shook his hand and said, "Why rush? I can always repay you later. But you must remember that repaying a favor is repaying a favor, but you must not break the rules of the palace."
He said, "We serve Your Majesty and can only obey Your Majesty's orders."
Gu Ji said he understood, "Master, I remember it all."
Gu Zhong nodded with satisfaction. He also wanted to train Gu Ji. In the future, when he was old and left the palace, or lived in some corner of the palace, Gu Ji would still be there to take care of him in his old age.
Gu Ji entered the palace when he was five years old. He had a late memory and had basically forgotten his parents and family within less than half a year of entering the palace. However, he still remembered that he was sold into the palace by his parents.
Gu Zhong met him occasionally and felt that they had a good impression of each other, so he accepted him as his disciple, saying that he was an apprentice, but in fact he raised him as his son. Gu Ji's name was also given by Gu Zhong, taking his surname.
It can be said that apart from the emperor, the most important person to Gu Zhong in the palace is Gu Ji. Prince Gong wanted to rely on Zhou Man's help to return to Luozhou, but he did not take the palace maids who followed him and Zhou Man seriously. He did not expect that these little people could also ruin his plans.
Prince Gong returned to his room, thinking that his father should have vaguely heard about his conversation with Zhou Man by now, and wondered whether his father would send him back to Luozhou.
However, what Zhou Man said today was beyond his expectations. He was afraid that if his father heard it, it would clear her of the suspicion that she was from the Eastern Palace.
Prince Gong sat at the table, frowning and thinking, feeling quite unhappy, as he felt that things were far beyond his control.
At this time, Manbao had forgotten what happened during the day and was writing memorials with Bai Shan and others.
Manbao thought about it for a long time and asked Teacher Mo for his opinion. Finally, he learned from the experience in ancient Chinese medicine books and decided to use herbal tea to relieve the heat.
Do you know about Centella asiatica, Andrographis paniculata, and Honeysuckle?
Bai Shan thought that since these main ingredients were available everywhere, the court could pay people to purchase these medicinal herbs, and then distribute them to the people, which would also generate income for everyone. How great!
This is the same principle as work-for-relief.
So Bai Erlang and Yin Huo helped him to improve the plan, and set up different purchase and relief plans according to the different situations in the capital, Yongzhou and Shangzhou.
Bai Erlang was very familiar with this kind of thing, and Yin Huo was smart and got the hang of it quickly. It was only Liu Huan who ran over to watch the fun, who had a hard time. After watching for a long time, he found that he could only grind ink and spread paper.
Manbao wrote in detail about the recipes of these herbal teas, the levels of distribution of medicinal materials, what levels of medicine packages are distributed to different people, and a rough estimate of how many medicine packages are needed in each place.
Bai Shan and the other two calculated the approximate cost and loss based on her estimate...
The four of them worked together until they were almost done locking up the courtyards, and then they separated.
Bai Shan took the half-written memorial back to their residence and continued writing. Yin Huo was in poor health and could not stay up late, so he prepared to rest.
Liu Huan was overjoyed and went to find others to play with.
Bai Erlang was writing hard while complaining, "Isn't this the job of the Imperial Hospital and the Ministry of Revenue? Why should we do it?"
He said, "Zhao Liulang bought a small bucket of ice from the Shangshi Bureau and plans to make cheese. Are we really not going?"
Without even looking up, Bai Shan said, "This is the first time the Crown Prince has asked Manbao about the Imperial Medical Bureau's strategy. If she does it well, she'll have a stronger say in the bureau in the future. Haven't you noticed that Xiao Yuanzheng and the others only assign Manbao book editing tasks and rarely ask her about other matters at the bureau?"
Bai Erlang thought about it and realized that it was true. Manbao rarely participated in the construction of the Imperial Medical Bureau. He basically spent his time editing books or treating the emperor's family in the Daming Palace.
Bai Shan said: "Although the position of the fifth-rank editor is higher, the real power still belongs to the sixth-rank imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Since the prince has consulted with Manbao on politics, we should do a good job in this, and she will have more opportunities in the future."
The two brothers spent half the night writing the memorial. The next day, they handed it to Manbao with dark circles under their eyes, and then hurried to class.
Manbao looked at the folding papers carefully and found that the handwriting in both of them was very similar to hers, but one was very similar and the other was only somewhat similar.
She twitched her lips, picked up the pen and added the names of Bai Shan and Bai Erlang at the end in her real handwriting. After thinking for a while, she added Yin Huo's name as well.
She also added the names of the three of them to the separate memorial she wrote, and then took it together to the prince.
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(End of this chapter)
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