Ask Sword

  Chapter 90 Heard

  Chang'an City, Tai Chi Palace, Ziwei Palace.

  The silk and bamboo are soft and the dance music is elegant, but Li Nanlei, the daughter of King Zhao and the owner of Le'an County, doesn't have the heart to appreciate it.

  She took a sip from the wine glass, and from the corner of her eyes, she glanced imperceptibly across the row opposite the palace. The handsome young man sitting in the corner and always smiling calmly—the ninth prince of Emperor Yu, Li Shan.

  Today is the annual clan banquet, which coincides with the time of the final exam in the academy.

  According to the rules, the emperor and empress will gather with the clan in the Ziwei Hall in the afternoon, and in the evening in the Liangyi Hall, they will have a banquet to meet the school disciples who passed the final exam this year.

  At this moment, the emperor and empress were sitting in the first seat, chatting with the clan elders on the left, while on the right stood Prince Li Si and Fourth Prince Li Hui.

Li Si is tall, handsome, loyal and honest; Li Hui is talented, intelligent, and extremely favored by the emperor. His status far exceeds that of other princes.

  Especially Li Shan.

  From Li Nanlei's perspective, one can clearly see the imperceptible loneliness in Li Shan's eyes.

  His position is below the other princes, and he doesn't have any clan cousins ​​who are willing to chat with him—just because his biological mother, concubine, is surnamed Wu.

  The Wu of the "Holy Queen".

  Although it was fifty years ago that the Holy Empress was abolished, the late emperor who personally staged a coup and forced the Holy Queen to abdicate has been in control of Bintian for more than 20 years.

  However, fifty years ago, when the Holy Queen was in power, the memory of massacring Li's family members in order to consolidate the rule is still unforgettable.

  Li Shan's mother is the grand-niece of the Holy Empress. Li Shan has the blood of the Wu family on her body.

  This identity is so embarrassing that no clan or courtier is willing to have too much contact with him.

  When the crown prince's east palace was gradually being completed, the fourth prince Li Hui was recruiting scholars and guests, and other princes and princes were also looking for talents to enrich their prince's mansions,

   In front of Li Shan's mansion, there is still no one there.

   is like a transparent person.

  Li Nanlei's father is King Zhao, and his maternal grandfather is General Youwuwei, Governor of Wangzhou, and Duke of Yue, Cai Zong.

Relying on the assets of the Prince's Mansion and her own dowry, the mother runs more than a dozen industries, spanning textiles, dyeing, sugar, mansions, chariots, banks, restaurants, and many others in the East and West cities. Hu Shang as the agent.

  As the eldest daughter of Prince Zhao's Mansion, Li Nanlei can already, like her mother, advance her exorbitant dowry in advance to manage and earn money, and even help Li Shan improve her situation.

  ‘Money matters are too easy to leave traces, you must be careful and careful,’

  Li Nanlei thought silently: "In comparison, talents are easier to find.

  Yong Hongzhong will definitely be admitted to the academy, and Qiu Jinghuan may also have hope.

  Those poor students who performed well in the initial and re-examinations and are most likely to be admitted to the academy, I also let my subordinates secretly invest and win over through double or even triple relationships.

  At that time, they will be able to become the help of good brother.”

   Tap, tap, tap.

  The deliberately light footsteps passing behind interrupted Li Nanlei's thoughts.

  I saw an **** in yellow, slightly bowed, leaning against the wall of Ziwei Palace to the first seat, and said something to the emperor and empress.

  Empress Xue covered her mouth in astonishment, the emperor also raised his eyebrows, stood up, and walked to the courtyard behind the palace with the empress and the **** in yellow.

   There are already three people waiting in the courtyard.

  Shangshu Zhang Jingting of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Qing Quanhan of Taichang Temple and Xuegong traveled to Xiuxiu.

  The emperor interrupted the salute of the three with a wave of his hand, and looked at Hubu Shangshu, "Where are the things?"

"it's here."

Zhang Jingting, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, took a long wooden box from Cheng Juxiu. After opening it, three newly-made silver midwifery forceps, drawings and instructions were revealed, "Your Majesty, this thing was invented by a student from Yizhou. Midwifery forceps.

  Chen read the documents submitted by the academy, which had records on the use of midwifery forceps.

   And consulted a dozen elderly midwives in Chang'an City,

   It is determined that this object does have the function of helping women with dystocia and helping childbirth. "

  The emperor said in a deep voice, "What did the Imperial Medical Office say?"

  The Imperial Medical Administration, which is in charge of Yu State’s medical administration, is under the Taichang Temple. The Minister of Taichang Temple said: "The physicians of the Imperial Medical Administration also believe that forceps are reasonable in structure, easy to use, effective and easy to promote."

   "Your Majesty, this is auspicious."

  Empress Xue said softly: "Unknown how many poor women and babies in the world have died due to the misfortune of childbirth. Even wealthy families will inevitably suffer from misfortune."

  It is not just a wealthy family with a better birth environment, even among the aristocratic and wealthy families who can ask a psychic master to condescend to help midwife, it is inevitable that there will be dystocia and death.

   "Auspicious."

  The emperor, who had been sitting on the throne for twenty years, took a deep breath, his eyes were bright, "Chang'an and Wannian counties, how many babies are expected to be born this year?"

   "The combined population of Chang'an and Wannian counties is 1.93 million. Counting the migrant population, it is 3.11 million."

  The Minister of the Household Department seemed to know what the emperor wanted to ask, and said without thinking: "Among them, there are 1.7 million men, 1.4 million women, 420,000 women of childbearing age, and the number of newborns is about 100,000."

   "One hundred thousand."

  The emperor muttered, 100,000 newborns are just data on paper, and the maternal mortality rate during and after childbirth is as high as 1.5%.

  Infant mortality rate sometimes as high as twenty percent.

  Every time I give birth, I linger before the gate of hell.

  If forceps do work, it is unknown how many lives could be saved.

  It is indeed true that it is an auspicious thing for Wanjiasheng Buddha.

   "Where is the Yanzhou student who invented this? Let him come to see me."

  The emperor immediately realized that midwifery forceps can not only solve dystocia in a long-term range, save puerpera, save newborns, increase the population of Yu,

   It can also be donated to other countries in a short period of time in exchange for tangible and political benefits.

"this."

  Hubu Shangshu and Taichang Temple Minister looked at Cheng Juxiu, who smiled wryly and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the student from Weizhou who invented this thing is my younger brother, surnamed Li Mingang.

  At this moment, he should be taking the final exam. "

"oh?"

  The emperor raised his eyebrows in astonishment, "Isn't he a disciple of the academy? His surname is Li and his name is Ang. He is from Weizhou and has a medical biography in his family?"

   "Your Majesty, I seem to have heard of this name."

The Minister of Taichang Temple hesitated and said: "Duke Yan has been suffering from heat and poison for a long time, and he was cured by famous doctors from all walks of life. He suddenly improved a lot a while ago. It seems that a student surnamed Li from Weizhou cured it. I don't know if it is not him."

   "Yan Yundang?!"

  The emperor and the queen said in astonishment at the same time, Yan Yundang, the Duke of Yan, is the great general of the town, as well as a master of martial arts, and a humerus veteran who assisted in the Shenlong coup to overthrow the holy queen and keep the Li clan.

   "Your Majesty, I heard from the head of the mountain last time that the final exam in the academy this year is extremely difficult. You might as well ask the servant to wait outside Honglu Temple. Once the exam is over, invite that student."

  Empress Xue made a suggestion, the emperor was about to nod his head in agreement, but saw the **** in yellow hurriedly approaching, and said softly: "Your Majesty, the head of the mountain and Siye Tantai Leshan are asking to see you.

   "The head of the mountain?"

  The emperor frowned slightly. Although the head of the mountain had the right to enter and leave the imperial city at will, he was not very willing to come to the Taiji Palace, let alone asked for an interview, and brought Tantai Leshan, a doctor of engineering.

  The emperor asked in a deep voice, "Have you ever said why?"

  The **** replied: "It seems to be because of malaria."

  (end of this chapter)