Chapter 2584 Zheng Clan Leader
Bai Shan was very curious. "Why does the Ministry of Revenue need to go through the Prince of Hejian when it wants to buy land? Wouldn't it be more convenient to buy it ourselves?"
The Left Assistant Minister smiled slightly and said, "Because it will be cheaper if Minister Li comes forward."
It's fucked up, but what can be done?
Bai Shan had a good relationship with the son of the Minister of Revenue, so the Left Vice Minister was naturally happy to sell him some information, but there was no more.
But this was enough to shock Bai Shan. It turned out that the feud between Minister Li and the Zheng family had existed for a long time and it was caused by a dispute over land.
It turns out that the land that Minister Li bought in Qizhou was not for himself, but for the Ministry of Revenue. In fact, he bought it for the emperor, so the ones who actually had a grudge were not Minister Li and the Zheng family, but the emperor and the Zheng family.
Bai Shan returned to the Secretariat in a state of shock. The officer on duty had just returned from the Emperor's study and said to him, "Master Bai, it's your turn to go to the study this afternoon with Master Fang."
Bai Shan came back to his senses, agreed, and asked, "What else?"
"The memorials have all been sorted this morning. I will just listen to your Majesty's orders this afternoon."
Generally, there is not much to do in this situation, so Bai Shan agreed.
When he and Lord Fang arrived at the study, Manbao was waiting in the side hall. Perhaps she was bored and was leaning back in a chair with her eyes closed to rest. But Bai Shan looked at the speed of her movement and was sure that she was asleep, although it was a light sleep, but she was asleep.
Bai Shan paused and looked at Lord Fang.
Lord Fang looked at Bai Shan, then at Zhou Man, and after weighing the pros and cons, he looked up and smiled at Bai Shan, then turned and went out, intending to take a look at the scenery outside the hall.
Bai Shan quickly smiled and bowed to thank him.
Bai Shan walked up to her and looked at her. Seeing that the eunuch who had gone in to report to the main hall had not come out yet, he knew that they were discussing confidential matters inside and they might not be called for the time being, so he stretched out his finger and poked her.
Manbao woke up as soon as he was poked, opened his eyes, and was confused for a moment before becoming clear-headed.
Seeing Bai Shan, she immediately sat up straight and asked, "Why are you here? Are you on duty this afternoon?"
Bai Shan nodded and asked, "Why are you here again?"
"Oh, it's said that the patriarch of the Zheng family has arrived, and His Majesty wants to inquire about Young Master Zheng's condition. Dean Xiao is busy at the Imperial Physician's Office, so I'm here to answer the question."
The main reason was that Xiao Yuanzheng felt that dealing with these aristocratic families was too troublesome. If he spoke too profoundly, they would not understand. If he spoke in a simple and easy-to-understand way, they would question his medical skills and think that he had made a misjudgment. Occasionally, they would mix in attacks on the Imperial Medical Bureau in their words, as if they looked down on them, the doctors.
Xiao Yuanzheng felt that his liver ached when he saw them, so he was not willing to see them, so he specially called Zhou Man over and asked her to answer on his behalf.
Bai Shan glanced out the window and asked, "Have you been here for a long time?"
Manbao glanced at the hourglass and shook his head, "It's only been a short time since I got here."
But she hasn't been asked to come in yet, and she doesn't know what they are talking about inside.
The atmosphere inside was somewhat stagnant.
The head of the Zheng clan sat with his eldest son on one side, and opposite them sat the Prince of Hejian. Wei Zhi and other ministers who were there to mediate peace sat on both sides.
However, there were more people sitting on the Zheng family's side, not because they were on their side, but because it was easier to persuade them.
Sitting together and looking at each other as if they were in the same gang.
The Zheng family was obviously not very satisfied with the emperor's handling of the matter, so they sat there with their eyes lowered in dissatisfaction and did not speak.
The emperor was actually feeling a bit gloating in his heart, but when Wei Zhi and Old Lord Tang glanced at him, he didn't show it. Instead, he sighed and said to the Zheng clan leader, "I know that Bo Ming is most worried about Erlang's injury right now. Since the imperial physician is outside, why not call her in to inquire about the situation?"
Bo Ming is the courtesy name of the Zheng clan leader. The emperor and these clan leaders are no strangers to each other, and they would meet occasionally to exchange feelings.
Zheng Boming pondered for a moment and nodded.
He had not seen his second son since he arrived. He only heard that he could not speak because of a head injury, but he did not know the specific situation.
Man Baozheng and Bai Shan were whispering to each other. Bai Shan whispered in her ear, "It turns out that the relationship between the Prince of Hejian and the Zheng family has been at odds for the past two years. It's because of a dispute over land in Qizhou. But the Prince of Hejian didn't buy the land in Qizhou for his own use. He bought it for the Ministry of Revenue to use as official land..."
Just as they finished speaking, they saw a eunuch walking past the window. The two of them immediately sat up straight. A eunuch came in and said to Manbao with a smile, "Master Zhou, His Majesty has summoned you."
Manbao nodded seriously, stood up and went to the main hall with him.
After she went in, the eunuch turned around and came back to find Bai Shan and Lord Fang, led them in from another direction, and arranged them on the side of the attendant.
When the attendant saw his familiar little friend, a smile appeared on his usually expressionless face. He raised his head and smiled at the two of them, then continued to kneel and look at the person in front of him.
Bai Shan and Lord Fang sat down in their familiar seats and took out their brushes, inkstones, and paper from a basket beside them. Looking up, Man Bao had just finished paying his respects and was standing nearby. The Emperor and the Zheng clan leader introduced Zhou Man, "This is Doctor Zhou from the Imperial Hospital. She's also a compiler for the Chongwen Academy."
Patriarch Zheng nodded, looked at Zhou Man and asked, "Doctor Zhou, how is my son doing now?"
Manbao said: "The injury is no longer life-threatening."
Manbao remembered Xiao Yuanzheng's instructions and knew that these people were troublesome, so he had to explain the seriousness of the situation in detail from the beginning to prevent them from causing trouble later.
Besides, Zheng Fei's condition was indeed very serious at the beginning. If it weren't for her, he would definitely die.
Manbao wouldn't dare say this to other patients, but she could say this with confidence to Zheng Fei, who had taken half a tube of her medicine.
Manbao explained to him in detail the extent of Zheng Fei's brain injury and the course of his treatment, and told him shamelessly, "Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time, and the imperial physicians at our Imperial Hospital handled him well, otherwise, the Zheng clan leader would not be able to see Master Zheng."
The emperor on the dragon throne wanted to interrupt Zhou Man several times and ask her to cut to the chase and not to speak so seriously and scare people. Didn’t you see that her face was getting uglier and uglier, and she looked at the Prince of Hejian with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire several times?
But after glancing at the Zheng clan leader who also gave his eldest son a cold look behind him, the emperor sat down quietly, not wanting to interrupt Zhou Man.
Forget it, these are the facts anyway, let her say whatever she wants.
While thinking this, he couldn't help but glance at Chief Zheng with a gloating look.
He never thought that this day would come for him. Who was it in Xingyang that year who mocked his two sons for causing internal strife?
Humph, his own son is just like that, even worse than his own son. At least his Dalang and Sanlang would not try to kill their brothers.
Patriarch Zheng's face was solemn. He raised his hand and clasped his fists with Zhou Man. "Thank you very much for the Imperial Hospital's help."
After saying this, he turned to the emperor and said, "I beg Your Majesty to take charge of my son and severely punish the murderer."
I originally wrote a chapter and wanted to skip this chapter and get to the processing result, but after writing it, I found that the explanation was not very clear. There was no way, I could only delete it and rewrite it, so this chapter is very late. The next update will be around 9 o'clock in the evening.
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