The emperor took the prince to visit Wei Zhi. Zhou Man and others knew about it early in the morning, so they started acupuncture early in the morning.
Mr. Wei woke up faintly, and it took him a while to regain consciousness. He opened his mouth to speak, but found that his throat was a little dry.
Wei Yu hurriedly fed him water.
Lord Wei glanced at his wife and children behind him. He felt relieved, turned to look at Zhou Man, smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhou and Xiao Yuan."
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "This is what we should do."
He glanced around the room and sighed: "Mr. Wei, please have a good rest. Don't be emotional or sad. We are outside. If you need anything, you can call us."
Zhou Man also nodded, saluted and went out with Xiao Yuanzheng.
As soon as the two of them came out, the other servants in the room also left, leaving only the Wei family in the room.
Mrs. Wei poured another glass of water for Wei Zhi and asked with concern: "What do you want to eat, Master? I'll let the kitchen do it."
Mr. Wei smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, I'm not hungry yet, let's talk first..."
Zhou Man and Xiao Yuanzheng walked a little further and stopped when they were some distance away from the house.
Because the emperor and the prince were coming, the servants of the Wei family were busy scrubbing everywhere. The two of them stood in the yard, surrounded by people walking back and forth, which made them very conspicuous.
"As soon as Mr. Wei leaves, there will be great changes in the court."
Zhou Man also frowned and asked, "Who do you think is the successor?"
Xiao Yuan was shaking his head.
Zhou Man: "You are the director of the Imperial Medical Office. You are the first-level chief at any rate. As for the third-level officer, there is no news at all?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "I am still your superior. If I hadn't been in the palace yesterday, I wouldn't have known that you had done such a big thing quietly."
Zhou Man: "It wasn't me who did it, it was my nephew who did it. I am at best aware of it."
Xiao Yuanzheng just snorted, everyone is not a fool, of course they can see that cultivating new rice seeds is the intention of Zhou Man, or Zhou Man and Bai Shan, and the Zhou family just obeys the work.
However, if Zhou Man wants to leave the credit to his nephew, no one will object.
Xiao Yuanzheng just felt a little pity, "For such a great contribution, if you or Bai Shan came to claim it, it would be possible to become a marquis. But if your nephew came to claim it, it would be a bit worse."
Rewards are also based on a person's abilities, and Zhou Lizhong obviously could not afford the reward of a lord.
Zhou Man was very satisfied, she said: "Our family is very satisfied to be promoted from a small official to a sixth-grade temple prime minister. Other petty officials will find it difficult to be promoted throughout their lives, and he is a sixth-grade temple minister."
With this achievement in just one year, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?"
Xiao Yuanzheng shook his head, "I don't know much, but I followed a few adults after the court yesterday, and they said that if you take the credit, I will grant you a princess title."
This is a great achievement that will last forever.
Zhou Man: "It's okay, I'm enough to be the county head."
The title is not an actual position and does not have real power. She is not very interested in it now.
What she was more interested in was, "Yuanzheng, can I go to the pharmacy later?"
"What, you have a new prescription for the pharmacy?"
"Don't think about it, I just want to see how the pharmacy in our Imperial Medical Office is like, whether it makes a lot of medicine every day, and whether it makes money."
Xiao Yuanzheng couldn't hear the word "money" now, especially when it came out of Zhou Man's mouth. This always made him feel like she was urging him to give money.
In the past two years, Zhou Man has applied for the most public funds from the Imperial Medical Office.
Xiao Yuanzheng hurriedly said "yes" and said: "You stay here and I'll go out to see if anyone is coming from the palace."
Zhou Man checked the time, held him back and said, "Why are you in a hurry? Your Majesty is considerate and will definitely leave enough time for Mr. Wei's family. I estimate that he will come around noon so we can talk."
Xiao Yuanzheng: "I don't want to talk to you..."
Zhou Man's guess was right. It was almost noon when the emperor and the prince arrived. Wei Zhi had already spent the morning with his family. He was in such good spirits that he got out of bed and walked around.
Mrs. Wei had a feeling that he was about to recover. She pulled Zhou Man and Xiao Yuanzheng over to have a look to make sure that no miracle had happened. Then she went to the gate with red eyes and waited to greet the emperor and the prince.
Wei Zhi also wanted to go, but was stopped by everyone.
The emperor strode in with the prince. When he saw Wei Zhi lifting up the quilt and getting out of bed, he hurriedly took two steps forward and held him down. "You don't have to be polite, my dear, just lie down quickly."
Wei Zhi: "...Your Majesty, I feel really good now. I just got out of bed and took a walk."
The emperor looked unbelieving, held Wei Zhi's hand tightly and said, "Do we still need such courtesy between our monarchs and ministers?"
Wei Zhi was too lazy to explain anymore, turned to Mrs. Wei and smiled: "I want to eat the egg noodles made by Mrs. Wei."
Mrs. Wei hurriedly said: "I'll do it for you right away."
Then he bowed and left.
Wei Zhi did not leave his children and grandchildren in the house, but said to them: "Go and help your mother."
Chang Yu glanced at the emperor, and the emperor thought for a while and said, "You can go too."
Chang Yu knew that the next words were not something she could listen to, so he bowed and left.
Zhou Man and Xiao Yuan, who were standing aside, looked at each other, hesitating to think about whether to follow or retreat. The emperor had already turned his head and looked over, "You guys, show me to Mr. Wei again. I think Mr. Wei's face looks much better."
The two agreed, stepped forward and felt Wei Zhi's pulse again before shaking their heads.
Wei Zhi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I know that this illness will not last for a day or two. Everyone is mentally prepared. There is no need to struggle anymore at this time."
He said: "I am very satisfied to be alive to this day."
Emperor: "I know you are concerned about the new rice seeds. This is the test booklet. Take a look."
Gu Zhong immediately brought up six brochures.
The emperor said: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Looking at the recorded numbers, the new rice seeds should be stable. You can feel at ease."
Wei Zhi flipped through the book, and the emperor continued: "The Jiangnan side has also been settled. Yang Heshu and Tang He worked together to find out many hidden official fields. Although the gentry and aristocratic families in Jiangnan are still strong, they have
You can rest assured that we can no longer overwhelm the imperial court."
Wei Zhi closed the book, was silent for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, ordinary people like to rely on wealthy families because the money and food they pay is less than what they pay to the court. The benefits are very attractive. On this basis, blindly
Fighting will only distract people."
He said: "At this point, I think Zhuang Xun is right. It is a good thing to adapt to the current situation. Now that there are new rice seeds, and with a few changes, our Jin Dynasty can gain a hundred more years of strength."
Xiao Yuan was standing aside and was confused, but Zhou Man thought for a moment and realized that Wei Zhi was trying to persuade the emperor not to focus on the fight with the wealthy family.
The emperor nodded, "I know, who do you think I can use in the court?"
This was one of the main reasons why he brought the prince to see Wei Zhi.