Chapter 324: Learning from History
Looking at the bright red handwriting, Jiang Wan's nerves as a medical student suddenly jumped.
"I'm telling you, cinnabar is poisonous. Anyone who eats too much will die. Remember this!"
"What?"
After reviewing the memorial and putting it aside, he didn't react for a moment. His wife suddenly said something completely unrelated to what she meant.
Then I saw that slender, snow-white jade finger gently touching the bright red spot on the imperial desk.
"Remember, you can't eat this!"
Li Chengxiu's mouth twitched. "It's not easy to be a beast of burden, is it? Whoever does it will go crazy!" His wife had only been involved for a short time, and she was already acting a little abnormal.
The dog emperor boldly stretched out his hand and took the finger that was like a guiding light into his own hand. The dog emperor looked at the queen with a sincere concern.
"My dear wife, listen carefully. If you are tired, let's go back to Fengming Palace and take a nap. I can handle this for a while. Don't bother with the memorial. Look at him, he is so tired that he is confused..."
"You're the one who's confused!"
Jiang Wan slapped his claw away in annoyance, and pointed at the cinnabar on the table very solemnly.
"I just suddenly remembered this. Cinnabar and mercury are both poisonous. If you take too much, you can escape from the human world first. I guarantee that even your uncle Yun Yue, who is a master doctor, won't be able to pull you back!"
"No, I'm not a fool. Why would I eat them?"
“Fools won’t eat it, but madmen may not!
When the Grand Tutor was giving us a lecture yesterday, he mentioned that the emperors of the previous and later dynasties all had short lives and died at a young age.
Do you remember? "
Li Chengxiu nodded, then looked indignant.
"I told you that being an emperor isn't an easy job. Look how many unfortunate children died of exhaustion before you.
In other words, the last emperor of the previous dynasty was open-minded. Although he was not a good person, he lived a happy life!
They are much happier than me, a living beast of burden. I envy them to death. What kind of suffering am I living through..."
"Shut up! Did I ask you to complain here? I asked you to think carefully about what the Grand Tutor said yesterday about the history of the previous dynasties! After listening to it, don't you have any insights?"
Jiang Wan reluctantly interrupted the idiot's nonsense, then carefully guided him to tap into his limited intelligence. However, the other party was simply very stubborn.
"What do I need to know? I didn't kill those unfortunate emperors. What does their short lives have to do with me?"
"I didn't say you killed them. Bah! I didn't say they were murdered! I asked you to use the knowledge that the Grand Tutor has given you to summarize the truth yourself.
The predecessors are the mirror and the successors are the teachers.
Learn from history to best understand the rise and fall of nations.
So, my dear, think carefully about what the Master taught you yesterday, and then tell me what you think."
Li Chengxiu looked at his wife's earnest guidance, and with great gratitude he lowered his eyes and thought for a long time, then he slapped his thigh with sudden realization.
"I see!"
This stupid guy finally got it. Jiang Wan's eyes lit up with excitement and his tone couldn't hide his happiness.
"Then tell me what you mean."
Then I saw the guy opposite me, he sniffed with a look of emotion, and started barking excitedly.
"Wife, Master Qin is such a kind man! Not only does he help me with my official duties, but he also treats me like a teacher and student in private!
He was implicitly concerned about me, reminding me to take good care of myself. While being a slave might earn you a good reputation, it would inevitably lead to early death! He also gave us examples of countless unfortunate people who died from exhaustion in previous dynasties. These were all bloody examples.
"I appreciate Mr. Qin's kindness, but doesn't he underestimate me? After all, I am a warrior who has emerged from the sea of blood and corpses, not one of those pitiful weaklings. I am in good health and can withstand it. From now on..."
"From now on, you must stand up and listen in class! While Master Qin is lecturing, is your mind wandering off to other people's places again?"
This is the pain of having a top student and a poor student sitting at the same table. The Grand Tutor reminded him so clearly yesterday, but this guy was so careless that he didn't take it to heart at all!
The empress was so angry that she didn't care about pretending to be dignified. She rolled up her sleeves, reached out and pinched the emperor's ears, and began to roar in his ear, pounding the knowledge that had already been crushed by the imperial teachers into the emperor's head.
"Dan pills! Didn't the Grand Master say that? The emperors and nobles of the previous dynasties all loved taking pills! All medicine is poisonous, especially those so-called immortality pills that claim to be for health and life. They are all a combination of various toxins. Taking too much can make you become an immortal! Did you hear that clearly? "
"Listen, I heard it clearly! Ouch, wife, spare me, you're gripping me so hard my ear is going to fall off!"
Unable to contain his anger, he twisted her hard again before letting go. Li Chengxiu hissed, covered his ears and dodged to the side, feeling extremely aggrieved.
"I listened carefully to the lecture yesterday. When did the Master ever say that the elixir was poisonous? Why didn't I hear it?"
Jiang Wan swallowed hard and began to replay his past events, reviewing them and learning new things from them.
"Why do I need to break it down word by word? Isn't what the Grand Tutor said clear enough?
During the previous dynasty, beginning with Emperor Qing, alchemy flourished. Following the example of the upper class, the nobles of Daqi favored pills for health preservation, hoping to quickly reach the Pure Land of Bliss. Countless alchemists were treated as honored guests, and the practice flourished for over fifty years. It wasn't until the last emperor of the previous dynasty that alchemists were subjected to widespread extermination, bringing the practice to a disastrous end.
That's what Lord Qin said at the time, do you remember? "
"Um."
He nodded cautiously. When a poor student faces a top student, he will feel guilty even if the other person is his wife!
"But didn't they say it was poisonous? The Grand Tutor didn't say those people died from taking the pills. Even the doctors at the Imperial Hospital didn't seem to have said that. How did you know that, my wife?"
"I guessed."
It was impossible to tell him that this was all knowledge from another time and space, so Jiang Wan started to talk nonsense with a serious face.
“Although there are no useful records of those alchemy recipes in the Imperial Hospital, the facts are the most credible!
I have read some history books of previous dynasties before. When elixirs were not popular, the political achievements of those emperors were still quite clear and remarkable.
This includes Emperor Qing, who was considered a wise monarch in his early years. It wasn't until his beloved Imperial Noble Consort passed away that he became obsessed with alchemy and drugs, leading to the decline of the prosperous Great Qi Dynasty.
Then the following emperors became weaker and weaker than the previous one, and died earlier and earlier, leading to the complete collapse of the entire dynasty.
I asked Dr. Sun about this, and he said those so-called magic pills usually contain a lot of cinnabar. So you get it? Cinnabar is poisonous, pills are poisonous, remember this at all times: don't eat them!
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