Li Po rarely comes to Xu Mansion, mainly because Li Chun is often not at home and is not honest when he is pregnant, so he often goes out to play and relax.
When Li Po arrived, Xu Shiji and Xu's father led the people of the mansion to greet him outside the gate.
The Xu family is not a big family. Their ancestral home is Caozhou, Shandong. They moved to Henan during the Daye period. The family members are relatively simple.
Generally speaking, the Xu family belongs to the landlord class. According to the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, they do not belong to the ninth-grade family, and are even outside the common people. They are just a wealthy family. At the beginning of their career, they were transforming into an official family.
Xu Shiji has two sisters, both of whom are married to officials, which is proof of this.
Of course, the Xu family was different at this time. With Xu Shiji here, he was enough to be included in the family's family, and he was married to the royal family, and his class rose as fast as a rocket.
At the beginning of last year, Xu Shiji returned to the court to report on his duties. Because of his military exploits, he was one of Lingyan Pavilion's Conglong heroes, and he was the emperor's brother-in-law, so he was granted the title of Cao Guogong.
The generals such as Zhang Lun, Yuchi Gong, Bu Qun, etc. are all inferior to those who have a distinguished family.
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The emperor drove into the palace, and Xu Shiji and his son accompanied him to talk.
Xu Shiji's father was white and did not dare to speak in front of the emperor. Li Po asked a few questions, then turned to look at Xu Shiji and said, "I heard that you have been enjoying your stay this year. What kind of herbs are you getting?"
Xu Shiji was the general of the Zuo Wu Hou Wei. After returning to Beijing, he returned to the Wei Mansion. Apart from being in charge of the military affairs of the Wei Mansion, he had no other responsibilities. Later, he wanted to be like Yuchi Gong and become a minister of the Ministry of War.
It just happened to happen that my wife was pregnant, so the matter was delayed.
This guy was also a restless person, so he started studying medicine instead of his regular job.
It's not a joke, he was originally a scholar, and he followed the serious path of becoming a good doctor without being a good prime minister. However, when he was young, the world was in chaos, so he had to give up his writing and join the army, becoming a general.
Now that he was successful and famous, his wife also persuaded him to stay in the capital for a few years. When he was bored, he picked up books again. He was familiar with military books and strategies, and he was not clueless in medical skills.
It's just that I no longer had the desire to become famous in the literary world in the early years, but I started to work on herbal medicine in a decent manner in my house.
When Li Po heard about this, he laughed it off. It was a good thing to have some hobbies. He was used to being wild outside. Now he is cultivating his mind and character in the capital for a while, and will let him out when the time is right.
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Xu Shiji was a little embarrassed after hearing this, "I was playing with some flowers and plants in my spare time, but your Majesty still heard about it..."
Li Po glanced at him sideways and said, "You are my brother-in-law. Speak properly in front of me."
Xu Shiji choked. This feeling was very familiar. The emperor was still as difficult to serve as before. He was more normal in the Taiji Palace, but his true colors were revealed in private. He still had to be more careful.
"Haha, Your Majesty also knows that I worshiped the father-in-law as my teacher. His teacher's merits are unparalleled, and I am far inferior to him. He also writes books and can be said to be a versatile scholar in both civil and military affairs.
As a disciple of my teacher, I naturally have to follow his footsteps..."
Li Po understood, "You mean you want to write a book? About medical skills?"
Li Po looked at his brother-in-law in surprise and said to himself that you are really unbelievable in your ability to do your job without doing your job properly. Instead of focusing on the art of war, you found a new way and switched to herbal medicine. You are indeed Xu Shiji, he is different from others.
Li Po actually knew in his heart that the imperial court was now encouraging talented people to write books and establish theories, and Xu Shiji and others were following the trend.
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Xu Shiji acted like a fool, nodded his head and said: "Your Majesty, although I think I am a leader, in fact, I visited several famous doctors when I was young, and I am quite accomplished in herbal medicine. When I was in Henan, I gave people
Opened the prescription.
If the world had not become chaotic, I would have decided to become a doctor.
I even went to attend the Apricot Grove Party held in June this year.
Famous doctors gathered at the meeting, and all of them have compassionate hearts, which are very different from those of us who lead the army. I benefited a lot from talking with them, so I thought about coming up with a compendium of medicinal herbs..."
"How about gaining some fame?" Li Po opened his mouth with harsh words and moved his hands, wanting to give this guy a slap in the face to make him sober up.
You murderous guy, stop pretending, right?
Xu Shiji had always had a bad impression in his mind. He felt that Xu Shiji was too cunning and hypocritical. He was the kind of guy who was both responsible and upright.
Of course, the root cause is that this guy married his sister. It's not strange for the strong uncle to see his brother-in-law acting like this.
In the end, he still didn't take action. Xu Shiji was different from Luo Shixin, Yuen Long and others. Although he was his brother-in-law, he was considered a subordinate and was not close enough to treat each other casually.
Xu Shiji lowered his head in shame. Even though the emperor's words were unpleasant, he still hit the mark on his little thoughts. He was indeed a person who cared about reputation, and he was also worried that Li Po had not wronged him at all.
However, he has always been prepared and prepared. He has reviewed the information and communicated with doctors.
There have been quite a few books on herbal medicine since ancient times. However, due to sectarian opinions, few people have the financial resources and energy, or are willing to do the work of classifying herbal medicine. Even in the Imperial Medical Office of the palace, such books are scattered.
This was where he found a loophole. With his powerful position, if he could compile a book on herbal medicine, it would be extremely beneficial to his reputation regardless of anything else.
Li Po naturally supported this move, but he changed it to Xu Shiji... Because Xu Shiji was the leader of the army, and was later promised to be a famous general. At this time, going to fetch some herbs would be a long way off topic, and he felt that
Very unreliable.
Xu Shiji was not alone in doing this. He met Yu Zhining, the chief registrar of Dali Temple, who was a remnant of the Tiance Mansion at the Xinglin Meeting.
He hid in Chang'an Academy for two years and re-entered the official position. Because of his upright nature and good ability to distinguish between loyal and traitorous, he recommended Gai Wenda for the Chang'an Academy's wine ceremony and became the chief registrar of Chang'an Magistrate's Office. He was promoted to the chief registrar of Dali Temple last year. This time
He was promoted by Sun Wuji, the chief minister of Dali Temple.
Changsun Wuji had served as an edict in Chang'an, so naturally he had to promote some of his "own people" to serve in Dali Temple. For seventh-grade positions, there was almost no reason for the officials to reject them.
Yu Zhining was also proficient in medical skills. He met Xu Shiji at the Xinglin Meeting. For Yu Zhining, it was an opportunity. The two chatted happily when they met, so they hooked up.
When Xu Shiji saw that his uncle was disapproving of what he had done, he didn't want to say more, but thinking of his pitiful but talented new friend, he said more in front of Li Po.
By the way, I told my uncle that there is a guy named Yu Zhining in Dali Temple. He is very accomplished in medical skills. Of course, he is also very talented and a standard gentleman.
This chapter has been completed!