Chapter 468 Sudden Acute Disease
"As ministers of the Tang Dynasty, you eat the emperor's salary, but you don't know how to share the emperor's worries! There are not many corrupt officials in the court, inside and outside the court, all of them are termites of the Tang Dynasty."
"Sooner or later, the building of the Tang Dynasty will be destroyed by these termites. As ministers of the Tang Dynasty, you don't know how to recommend talents with both virtue and ability to me." Li Chengqian criticized the ministers in the morning court.
Recently, he has received memorials about corruption one after another. It would be better if he didn't investigate. Once he investigated, it would involve a wide range of people. A corruption case could involve hundreds of officials.
Officials bribed at all levels, so that the whole government office was filled with smoke and miasma.
If things continue like this, the Tang Dynasty will sooner or later be destroyed by corrupt officials.
Li Chengqian felt more and more that his prime ministers and historians were not doing their best and did not recommend him talented and virtuous people.
Therefore, every time Li Chengqian attended the morning court, he would criticize the ministers for this.
The ministers were also angry but dared not say anything. They could only pretend that they heard nothing, lowered their heads, and let the emperor criticize them.
This made Li Chengqian even more angry.
There is no shortage of daring people in this world. When everyone was trembling with fear, some people were dissatisfied with Li Chengqian's behavior and stood up.
"Your Majesty, I, Li Anqi, the Minister of Personnel, pay my respects to you!" Li Anqi, the Minister of Personnel, saluted.
"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian said in a bad tone. For this person who dared to stand up and hinder him from scolding the ministers, Li Chengqian had already blacklisted him in his heart.
"Your Majesty! It's not that there are no people with both virtue and talent in the Tang Dynasty, nor is it that the ministers dare not bury the talented. Recently, if the ministers make recommendations, they will be accused by the treacherous and corrupt officials of forming a clique for personal gain."
"The frustrated talents have not been reused, but the
people in power have been convicted, so no one dares to recommend talents anymore." "If Your Majesty really treats the ministers sincerely, who would be unwilling to share Your Majesty's worries and recommend the talents they know? The key to the problem lies with Your Majesty himself, not the ministers here." Li Anqi said.
"You are right, my dear ministers! It is a wake-up call! I only blame you, my dear ministers, but never find fault with myself."
"This is my fault! I need to reflect deeply, I promise I will repent, and I hope you will recommend your talented people to me." Li Chengqian said, deeply aware of his mistakes.
Seeing that Li Chengqian's attitude was sincere and did not seem to be fake, they recommended the talents they knew to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian asked them to register with the Ministry of Personnel, submit their resumes to the Ministry of Personnel, and asked the Ministry of Personnel to prepare a list and submit it to him for approval.
The morning working meeting ended quickly, and Li Chengqian announced the adjournment of the meeting. Everyone then left Xuanzheng Hall and went to the Ministry of Personnel to report and submit the resumes of the talents they knew to the head of the Ministry of Personnel.
The eunuchs carried the palanquin in the palace, and Li Chengqian was lazily leaning on the armrest on the palanquin.
"Ah!" Suddenly, Li Chengqian on the palanquin screamed in pain, holding his head with both hands and rolled off the palanquin. He felt that his head hurt so much that it seemed to explode.
"Everyone!" Wang Quan and others were shocked, and rushed up in a panic. They hurriedly helped Li Chengqian up and saw that he was in great pain.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and carry everyone back to the bedroom, and
send someone to call the doctor." Under Wang Quan's command, everyone hurriedly carried the struggling Li Chengqian and ran directly to the bedroom, while another person ran to call the imperial physician.
When Li Chengqian was sent to the bedroom, he had already fainted from the pain, and the imperial physicians hurried over and entered the bedroom to treat Li Chengqian.
"How is His Majesty now?"
"It's not clear yet, the imperial physician is already treating him inside!"
"Your Majesty has an acute illness, and we don't know what the situation is inside. There are many affairs of state now, His Majesty is ill, and the crown prince has not been appointed, so there is no one to take charge of the overall situation."
"What if His Majesty suddenly becomes ill..."
"Please be careful!"
The ministers were blocked outside, and the ministers gathered together to discuss. At this time, the emperor's illness fully demonstrated the importance of the crown prince.
"Prince Wu! Now that His Majesty has an acute illness, it is inevitable that someone will have different thoughts. You and I must be careful to avoid being taken advantage of by others. By then, the situation may be difficult to control." Xu Jingzong came to Li Ke and whispered.
"What do you mean?" Li Ke asked with a frown.
"Your Majesty is seriously ill now, and obviously cannot handle state affairs. And the crown prince has not been appointed yet, so the princes will inevitably fight. If something happens to your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty will be in chaos." Xu Jingzong said.
Li Ke did not say anything. He knew in his heart that if the emperor unfortunately died and there was no crown prince, the princes would fight for the throne. At that time, there would be rivers of blood in the court.
As the emperor suddenly fell ill, factions began to fight in the court.
Li Ke sighed. He knew that the emperor was seriously ill and the princes' fighting was getting more and more intense, but what could he do?
An eunuch came in a hurry and said to the ministers: "After the treatment of the imperial physician, the emperor is out of danger, but he still needs to rest. Please go back and rest. The emperor has ordered the prime ministers to go to the bedroom to meet the emperor."
"Yes!" The ministers saluted and responded, and each returned to work. Li Ke, Xu Jingzong and others followed the eunuch to the bedroom to meet the emperor.
"Your Majesty! I have seen the queen and the concubine!" Li Ke and others came to the bedroom and saluted Li Chengqian who was lying on the dragon couch and the queen and the concubine beside him.
"No need to be polite!" said the queen.
"How is the emperor now? What did the imperial physician say?" Li Ke asked.
Li Chengqian's disease was the same as Li Zhi's, except that his disease broke out suddenly, quickly, and was more serious.
This disease is dormant on weekdays, but once it breaks out, it will cause the sufferer to suffer from unbearable pain, and in severe cases, the sufferer may even die.
All the children born to Li Er and Empress Changsun have this disease, and with the current level of medical technology, this disease is incurable.
Life or death depends on God's will or your own luck.
If you are lucky enough to survive, you can continue to live. Although you don't know when the disease will relapse, you are still alive. If
you are unlucky, you may die, just like Empress Changsun's third daughter, Li Mingda, who didn't survive and died.
"I'm fine now! But the important affairs of the court still need you to handle. During my recuperation, if there is nothing important, you don't need to report to me." Li Chengqian said weakly.
Now he was exhausted, and only after the imperial doctors' rescue did he save his life. His headache still persisted, but the imperial doctors used Ma Fei San to temporarily stop the pain.
Although he was ill, the affairs of the court still needed to be dealt with. Li Chengqian could not handle the government affairs personally, so he could only entrust the prime ministers to do it.
"Yes!" Li Ke and others responded.