After Li Baozhen left, Zhao Zi weighed it in his conscience for a long time, turned around and shouted: "Here comes, prepare your horse" Soon, Zhao Ziliang came to the Daming Palace to ask for an audience with the emperor.
Now the emperor and the civil and military ministers of the DPRK did not know the news that Prince Li Shi was seriously injured.
After careful consideration, he decided to come to the palace to report the news to the emperor first, so as not to become passive after the news spread. situation.
The weather was good that day, the sun was shining brightly, and the spring breeze was blowing in the willows.
Daizong was splashing ink in the imperial garden, and his imperial concubine Dugu stood aside to serve.
The young eunuch came forward and reported: "Your Majesty, the regent is here."
After hearing the report, Emperor Daizong put down his pen and raised his head to see Zhao Ziliang walking over and said with a smile, "Why are you here today when you are free?"
Zhao Ziliang stood still and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I have some bad news to report to Your Majesty today.
The prince has encountered some problems on the front line of counterinsurgency."
"What, what's wrong with the prince?"
Daizong was shocked.
Zhao Ziliang said: "The prince was hit by an arrow while fighting the traitor Li Lingyao.
He was seriously injured and is now in Luoyang."
Daizong was in a hurry: "Why did you send someone so quickly to send the prince back to the capital for treatment?"
"The story of the battle is difficult to describe in one sentence.
I will slowly explain it to Your Majesty in detail.
Luoyang is not close to Chang'an.
The prince is seriously injured now.
It is not appropriate to work hard on the horse and carriage.
This will aggravate the injury and be detrimental to recovery.
Pei Mian, Yang Wan and others must have been injured.
Find a doctor in Luoyang to treat His Highness's injuries.
The best way now is to send an imperial doctor to rush there as quickly as possible."
Daizong slapped his head and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes, someone is here, tell me my will, and immediately send the imperial doctor to Luoyang to treat the prince.
There must be no mistakes."
A eunuch nearby agreed: "I obey the order."
"Your Majesty, it's useless for you to be anxious now.
It's better to wait for the news with peace of mind."
Dugu, who was serving nearby, advised, and then turned to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Your Majesty is worried about the safety of the prince, and it is inevitable to lose his temper when in a hurry.
Please don't, uncle." care" Daizong came to his senses, patted his forehead and sighed: "I've lost my temper.
I've lost my temper.
Please give the regent a seat."
Two eunuchs moved a big chair, and after the emperor and Dugu sat down, Zhao Ziliang also sat down.
Daizong asked: "Since the prince is injured, the war will be affected.
Uncle, how did the war go?"
Zhao Ziliang sighed: "The prince may have no battlefield experience and made the mistake of underestimating the enemy's advance.
He was ambushed by Li Lingyao in the northwest of Zhongmou.
More than 15,000 Heyang troops suffered heavy casualties, and only more than 5,000 people were able to escape back to Xingyang. , the loss exceeds 60%.
I am afraid that I have no offensive power and can only defend on the spot.
It is still unclear whether I can withstand Li Lingyao's attack."
Daizong looked shocked when he heard this and said: "What should I do if Li Yuanchun can't stop Li Lingyao?
Isn't it dangerous for the Eastern Capital?
It's dangerous for the prince to be in Luoyang.
Isn't it dangerous for the rebels to attack Chang'an?"
Zhao Ziliang sighed secretly when he saw Daizong being so panicked.
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It seemed that Daizong was frightened by the rebels.
As long as there was a rebellion, he would worry about whether it would come to Chang'an.
Zhao Ziliang could only comfort him: "Your Majesty, don't worry.
I have ordered Guo Ziyi to take over as the marshal of the counter-rebellion.
He quickly dared to go to Xingyang to take charge of the overall situation.
He also ordered Zang Xiyan to be the deputy marshal, responsible for attacking Bian Song from the south.
At the same time, he also ordered the third party of the Western Qin Army Fifteen thousand legions rushed to Xingyang for reinforcements."
When Daizong heard what Zhao Ziliang said, he felt a little relieved.
He said euphemistically: "Uncle, I heard that you are rectifying the government and the army of the imperial court.
Now you can't distract yourself from dealing with the various vassals and towns, and the internal affairs of the imperial court."
Some ministers also have some criticisms about my uncle's governance.
In my opinion, it is better to temporarily give up the conquest of the vassal towns in various places, and first go all out to manage the internal affairs.
When the internal governance is smooth, we can then start to reduce the vassals.
What do you think?"
Zhao Ziliang understood that Daizong was expressing his own views and opinions.
In other words, Daizong was worried that the turmoil in the feudal town would become more and more violent and would not end in the end, so he wanted to intervene in government affairs.
Fundamentally speaking, the emperor was still not confident that he could handle it.
What a complicated internal and external political situation.
Zhao Ziliang knew that he must not retreat at this time, and could not let Daizong intervene, otherwise his voice would be greatly weakened in the future, and at least a considerable number of court ministers and officials who were dissatisfied with him would only listen to the emperor and no longer listen. his.
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Majesty, I know what your Majesty is worried about.
If the court wants to change its passive situation and its current stale atmosphere, it must carry out innovation, and innovation will inevitably touch or even infringe on a considerable number of people.
People's interests, they will definitely not sit back and watch their interests being violated, so they It is normal for them to be dissatisfied with the ministers' governance strategies.
They will try every means to prevent the Tang Dynasty from rejuvenating if it does not innovate in all aspects of the court and eliminate the old and corrupt things.
If it continues, the court will fall into trouble.
In the embarrassing situation of internal and external embarrassment, no matter how much we try to clean up the mess at that time, there is nothing we can do about it.”
"I believe that even if the imperial court is carrying out internal reforms and rectifications, it must not compromise with the vassal towns in various places who are disobedient and unwilling to obey orders.
Once there is a second time, and every second time there is a third time.
In the end, the imperial court Everyone is numb Damn it, things have reached an irreversible point.
The imperial court is not yet at the point where it can only sit back and watch the various vassal towns claim kingship and hegemony.
It must do its best to eradicate all dissatisfaction.
Since Your Majesty has entrusted all military and political affairs to me, I will live up to His Majesty's high expectations."
Zhao Ziliang said a lot of things.
Although he didn't say no, he meant the same thing inside and outside.
However, Daizong was a little angry.
Zhao Ziliang was so disrespectful that he rejected him as the emperor.
After Zhao Ziliang left, Daizong became more and more angry as he thought about it.
Dugu could see clearly from the side.
Although she never interfered in the affairs of the government or indulged her relatives, she knew everything about the affairs of the court.
She consoled her: "Your Majesty, it's not My concubine said to you, since you have left all the military and political affairs of the court to the regent, you should not interfere with them anymore.
On the one hand, it will only increase your troubles; It has caused unhappiness between you and your ministers.
According to what I know, the situation in the court has undergone earth-shaking changes in just a few months since the regent took office.
All the yamen in the court have become much more lively, and the market has become lively.
After getting up, the soldiers bullied the people and robbed them on the street no longer happened.
No one of those dandies dared to bully men and dominate women anymore.
The surnames applauded that Li Zhongchen's rebellion was put down, Liang Chongyi was wiped out, Xichuan Cuining's rebellion was imprisoned and is waiting to die.
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Zhou Zhiguang's rebellion was wiped out within five days.
These are real political achievements. , you can’t blame the regent for the prince’s injury.
The prince himself wants to lead the troops to put down the rebellion.
He is the prince, how can the regent not agree?
If he doesn't agree, the government and the public may say something unpleasant.
If the concubine says something unpleasant, although the prince once served as the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, he has never really fought in a war.
He really does not agree.
I have the talent of a marshal and I didn’t think twice before making this decision.
He is still the prince.
With this style of conduct, how will he take over the Tang Dynasty in the future?"
Hearing what Dugu said, Daizong also felt that the prince was a bit unsatisfied.
He had the opportunity to lead the army and make a name for himself, but he failed to seize it, and almost got himself involved.
East Palace.
The imperial doctor took Li Shi's pulse and opened both of his eyelids to check his eyes.
Next to him, Yang Wan said anxiously: "It's been almost a month.
The arrow wound on His Highness's back has been healed to some extent.
In the past few days, Your Highness Tian often has cramps all over his body and has difficulty breathing.
It's sweating, trismus, and difficulty eating.
I have to open my mouth and use a round tube to drink.
The interval between attacks was quite long at first, and the attacks have occurred frequently in the past two days.
Doctor, what's going on?
Think of a way to make His Highness get better quickly."
The imperial doctor retracted his hand and stood up and asked: "Was His Highness conscious or unconscious when he was rescued?"
Yang Wan said: "Comatose" "Did you lose a lot of blood?"
"It wasn't much at first.
There was a lot of blood when I pulled out the arrow."
“How deep is the wound and is it cleaned?”
Yang Wan said: "I don't know this.
The war was in chaos at that time, and everyone was running for their lives.
Later, His Highness woke up after escaping to a small village.
He forced the soldiers to pull out the arrows for him and poured water on him.
After cleaning the wound, I didn’t apply any medicine because I was worried that the rebels would come after me.
After bandaging, I continued to flee towards Luoyang.”
Daizong, who was sitting on the chair on the left, was quite worried and said to the imperial physician: "Tell me the truth about the prince's condition."
The imperial doctor did not dare to say, "Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang, who was sitting on the right, said at this time: "I see that the prince's symptoms look like he has tetanus."
The imperial doctor looked at Zhao Ziliang in surprise, and said with cupped hands: "Your Majesty knows that this disease is called golden sore syndrome in the medical book Chao's Origin of Disease written by our predecessors.
The symptoms described are similar to those of the prince, but there are some differences."
Daizong patted the armrest of the chair and said, "Now that you know the disease, imperial physician, please prescribe medicine as soon as possible."
The imperial doctor immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, although this disease is recorded in medical books, there is no specific prescription.
Moreover, this disease is difficult to treat, with a mortality rate of over 95%."
"What?"
Daizong stood up in shock, pointed at the imperial doctor and said angrily: "What did you say?
Do you mean that the prince can't survive?
Then what use will I have if I keep you?
I'll drag him down and chop him down."
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The imperial doctor was frightened and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, spare your life, please spare your life."
Zhao Ziliang knew that the mortality rate of tetanus was extremely high in ancient times.
Even in later generations, the mortality rate of tetanus was still very high.
He said loudly: "Your Majesty, calm down.
Anger cannot solve the problem.
The prince's illness must be treated by an imperial physician." , if you kill the imperial doctor, who will treat the prince?"
After saying that, Zhao Ziliang waved to the few soldiers who walked in and asked them to go out, and then said to Dai Zong: "I have been in the army all year round, and many soldiers got this disease after being injured.
This is mainly because the swords have There is rust, which is caused by not cleaning the wound in time after being injured.
The disease has an incubation period, some will attack after a few months, and some will attack within a few days.
The condition can be mild or severe.
As the imperial physician said, once the disease is diagnosed, the mortality rate is extremely high.
Doctors are currently There is no special treatment available, so we can only hope that the prince can survive this period."
Daizong's face turned pale and he fell down on his chair.
His whole body seemed to have been greatly shocked.
Six days later, Zhao Ziliang was processing the memorial in the main hall of the palace.
Du Fu hurriedly walked in and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the news just came from the East Palace that the prince is dead."
Zhao Ziliang was stunned and stood up involuntarily
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