Chapter 1584 Hurry up and order people to go to Chongren Hall to put out the fire, hurry up!
Chapter 1584 Hurry up and order people to rush to Chongren Hall to put out the fire. Hurry! (Please subscribe and vote)
"In addition, it is necessary to prepare and mobilize food as soon as possible to assist the people of Huazhou to prevent people from being displaced."
"From the end of last year to the present, there have been many disasters in Guanzhong, and I don't know how long the food in the warehouses of Chang'an can last."
Having said this, Li Shimin touched his nose and sighed once again in great distress.
"I'm afraid that this year, our family will have to travel eastward and eat in Luoyang."
"..." Queen Changsun frowned slightly when she heard this, while the little cutie Li Mingda's eyes lit up.
Brother Cheng San will go to Luoyang after Fang Erlang gets married, and he doesn't know when he will go.
But thinking about it, even if my father wanted to lead all the civil and military officials and soldiers to the east for food, he would definitely not be willing to let Brother Cheng San follow.
But it doesn't matter. After all, when we get to Luoyang, we can meet Brother Cheng San more often and eat his delicious food.
Thinking of this, Li Mingda almost raised the corners of his mouth happily, but considering the feelings of his mother and father.
Li Mingda obediently sat next to his biological father, served him tea, and advised him not to worry too much.
Li Shimin finally felt a lot more relieved. Our little Sizi is still the most caring and sweet person.
At this moment, Prince Li Chengqian, following Cheng Sanlang, was wandering around the fence-like East Palace.
Listening to Brother Chu Bi excitedly telling about the scene where Erlang sang loudly and a bunch of rough old men collectively provided the music.
Li Chengqian was so happy that he wished he had been there so that he could enjoy the music scene of those Wu family members.
I heard Ning Zhong rolling his eyes in the distance behind him. If it wasn't just a spring outing, I really don't know what to enjoy.
At this moment, a sudden rapid sound of gongs came faintly from the south.
Cheng Chubi couldn't help but be startled, and subconsciously turned his head to look south, and saw that there seemed to be a faint smoke drifting toward the sky in that direction.
"What's going on? Go and have a look." Li Chengqian also saw this scene and couldn't help but ask Ning Zhong.
After Ning Zhong accepted the order, he hurried away. Cheng Chubi looked at the smoke that was still floating and felt something was wrong more and more.
"Your Highness, it couldn't be that there was a flood somewhere in the south, right? Otherwise, where would such heavy smoke come from?"
After hearing this, Li Chengqian had no intention of continuing to wander around, and the two of them walked quickly towards the south hand in hand.
After walking no more than a hundred steps, he saw Ning Zhong rushing over, panting, his face turned pale.
"Your Highness, there is a fire in Chongren Hall where the "Datang Pharmacopoeia" was compiled."
"What?!" Cheng Chubi and Li Chengqian's expressions changed drastically, and Cheng Chubi jumped out directly.
"Your Highness, I'll go over and see what's going on first." Before he finished speaking, he had already taken several steps out.
"Brother Chu Bi, oh, wait a minute, little brother. Ning Zhong, what are you doing standing still? Hurry up and order everyone to rush to Chongren Hall to put out the fire. Hurry!"
Ning Zhong agreed, and looked at His Highness the Crown Prince, who had already followed Cheng Sanlang and raised his front shirt in a very shameless manner, and quickly shouted helplessly.
When Cheng Chubi rushed to Chongren Hall, he saw many palace guards and eunuchs carrying buckets and basins.
He was pouring water on a small hall that was burning with fire. At this moment, Cheng Chubi could hear the sound of the wood exploding as it burned, and he also saw that the door and window lattice of the small hall were pouring water towards the small hall.
There was a flame outside.
Not far away, Yu Zhining, with a very righteous face, ordered people to move the things out of another room next to this small hall.
Boxes after boxes were being moved out, and in the distance, a dozen doctors were looking at the small hall in front of them, which was burning with raging fire.
Fortunately, it was discovered in time because it was daytime, so no major disaster occurred and no one was injured.
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Li Chengqian stood in the main hall of Chongren Hall, looking at the boxes that had been moved here. He saw that several boxes had obviously been burned in one corner.
There were even some wooden boxes that had been completely soaked by fire-fighting water.
Li Chengqian's face couldn't help but turn darker and darker, and Yuchi Baoqing, who had been directing the fire-fighting, also looked particularly ugly.
The officials from the East Palace who rushed over in a hurry were all looking at the boxes of information and whispering in low voices.
Although Cheng Sanlang was not an official of the East Palace, he still stood majestically in the palace. Those officials of the East Palace could only turn a blind eye to this Cheng family member who was hated by everyone.
After all, the painful experiences and lessons in the past have made them remember deeply that they must not conflict with this guy, otherwise they will be the ones who suffer in the end.
"Have you found out? What caused the fire?"
Li Chengqian's face was ashen, and his eyes swept across all the East Palace officials with great anger, and finally fell on the dejected Yuchi Baoqing.
"Your Highness, I am incompetent. I have already interrogated the subordinates who are on duty in Chongren Hall. Because they are on duty outside, they don't know..."
After Yuchi Baoqing reported it, Ning Zhong also reported the news of his inquiry tremblingly.
The first person to discover the fire was a young eunuch named Deng Guozhong. He happened to go there to get information on the order of the medical officer. Only then did he notice that a fire had broken out in the room next to the room where the information was stored for the night watch eunuchs to rest...
Because it was daytime, the eunuch who was keeping watch at night could not stay in the house, and the room where the information was stored was relatively remote.
So when it was discovered, the fire was already very fierce, but fortunately it was discovered in time. If it had been later, the "Datang Pharmacopoeia" materials and book samples that existed there might have been burned.
But even so, some data was still affected, and the specific damage will only be clear after inspection.
"Check, let Gu investigate, get to the bottom of it, what caused the fire, if you can't find out, then Gu will report to the emperor..."
Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who had always been gentle and elegant, became so furious, all the officials in the East Palace could only obey and did not dare to talk nonsense.
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Cheng Chubi, as a non-East Palace subordinate official, naturally would not stand in the ranks of the Eastern Palace subordinate officials, but would just stand aside.
A pair of eagle eyes swept over the faces of those East Palace subordinate officers. Unfortunately, these East Palace subordinate officials all had the same expressions, looking very numb.
In the end, after getting angry, Li Chengqian could only walk away in frustration.
Seeing the incompetent and furious look of His Highness the Crown Prince, some of the officials in the East Palace even showed joy in others' misfortune.
Zhang Xuansu, who was the young master, coughed hard and said hello.
"His Royal Highness has left. Please disperse as well. You all have your own official duties, so don't delay here."
When the ministers and ministers left shortly after the meeting, Zhang Xuansu called Yu Zhining who was about to leave.
"When I stayed away from Zhan, I felt that the fire was too weird and sudden, and I was afraid there was something fishy here."
"..."
Yu Zhining really didn't expect that Zhang Xuansu would say these words to him. After being slightly stunned, he sighed.
"Yu also found it very strange. How could a fire break out in broad daylight when it is not the time to light candles..."
Zhang Xuansu said in a deep voice, "There is a high probability that someone must have set the fire on purpose."
Yu Zhining's eyelids jumped when he heard these words, and he looked towards Zhang Xuansu with a surprised expression on his face, which made Zhang Xuansu a little unhappy.
"As for Zhan, although I have some objections to His Highness the Crown Prince's behavior and actions, I am still a subordinate of the East Palace."
"What's more, the Pharmacopoeia of the Tang Dynasty is where Donggong's achievements have been over the years. If it can be completed, His Highness's momentum will definitely be stronger..."
Listening to Zhang Xuansu's words, Yu Zhining nodded and saluted Zhang Xuansu.
"Thank you for reminding me. Yu also feels that something is fishy, but... you must also know that this East Palace..."
Almost at the same moment, after some distance away from Chongren Hall, the anger on Li Chengqian's face, which was originally full of anger, gradually faded away.
After turning around and looking in the direction of Chongren Hall, Li Chengqian let out a breath and looked towards Cheng Sanlang.
"Brother Chu Bi, I didn't show any flaws, did I?"
Cheng Chubi nodded, raised his thumb towards Li Chengqian with admiration on his face and whispered in a low voice.
"Of course not. When Your Highness got angry, all the ministers wanted to come forward and persuade Your Highness to calm down."
The corners of Li Chengqian's mouth raised slightly, but the smile quickly faded away, and he raised his legs and continued to move forward.
"Let's go and sit in Gu's wine storage hall. This is really not the place to talk."
Cheng Chubi nodded and strode forward with Li Chengqian. He never thought that such a thing would actually happen under his nose.
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Cheng Chubi followed Li Chengqian to the room where Li Chengqian specially stored wine. Ning Zhong had already ordered people to prepare cold dishes to go with the wine, and followed Li Chengqian's instructions to fetch a bottle of fine wine.
Before this started, I heard familiar footsteps. When I turned my head, I saw Yu Zhining already outside the house.
"Yu Qing, come in quickly, Ning Zhong, let them serve the food quickly."
After Yu Zhining entered the house, he bowed respectfully to Li Chengqian apologetically.
"Your Highness, I am incompetent. I never thought that something like this would happen in broad daylight. It happened too suddenly..."
"Okay, okay, I can't blame you. Just like what Brother Chu Bi said, it takes a thousand days to be a thief, but a thousand days to guard against thieves. As time goes by, there will always be times when you become careless."
Hearing the prince Li Chengqian, who had an extraordinary memory, retell his original words completely, Cheng Chubi couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
"Your Highness has a good memory, that's why."
"Fortunately, we took precautions early and made plans in advance.
Otherwise, if today's fire breaks out, we may be delayed for how long we want to complete "Datang Medicinal Songs"."
After hearing this, the other two people present, plus a eunuch, all nodded their heads in unison, which seemed to agree with Cheng Sanlang's statement.
Li Chengqian's face looked a little gloomy as he took the cup filled with wine from Ning Zhong and took a sip.
"Sigh... I didn't expect that we originally planned it just as a precaution, but we didn't expect that it would actually happen."
"Two members of the Qing family, who do you think is the most suspicious?"
Yu Zhining exchanged glances with Cheng Sanlang, and finally he, the East Palace official, spoke up to state his point of view.
"Your Highness, this is hard to say. After the success of this "Datang Pharmacopoeia", it will bring great momentum to your Highness."
"And anyone who is not happy to see this scene is suspected."
After hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help but fell silent, and then nodded suddenly after a long time.
"Yu Qing's words make sense. Yes, there are many people in the court who don't want to be alone..."
"However, Your Highness does not need to be too worried. Your Majesty has always had great trust in Your Highness. This time, there was a fire in the East Palace for no reason, destroying a lot of materials in the Pharmacopoeia of the Tang Dynasty."
"It will spread throughout Chang'an soon. Those who have a gap with the East Palace should be able to live in peace for a while."
"After all, they don't dare to do this kind of thing again and again."
Li Chengqian nodded and asked Yu Zhining about the progress of the "Datang Pharmacopoeia".
Nowadays, the Pharmacopoeia has reached the final stage.
By the end of next year at the latest and by the end of this year at the earliest, we will be able to complete this comprehensive medical encyclopedia that collects medical classics from ancient times to the present, eliminating the unnecessary and retaining the essential.
Presumably by that time, when it is promoted all over the world, it will greatly solve the pain point of the Tang Dynasty doctors who lack a comprehensive encyclopedia of medicine.
Li Chengqian nodded with deep understanding and looked at Yu Zhining, who had assumed important responsibilities in the past two years since Brother Chu Bi went to Luzhou.
Although Yu Zhining lacks professional knowledge in medicine, fortunately, his strength lies in personnel coordination and handling of various affairs.
"Thank you for your hard work, Qing. This book is also the result of your hard work."
Hearing this, Yu Zhining's heart suddenly warmed up, and he couldn't help but glance at Cheng Sanlang, who was beside him. Speaking of it, he was also a hard-working man.
At the beginning, the person in charge of the "Datang Pharmacopoeia" was Cheng Sanlang, but the problem was that as he continued to do it, he was kicked to Luzhou by His Majesty.
Countless eyes were staring at this achievement that benefited all people, after Cheng Sanlang was brought to Luzhou by His Majesty.
However, many people jumped out to express their thoughts and wishes of coming to help.
Fortunately, thanks to Cheng Chubi's recommendation and Li Chengqian's protection, Yu Zhining finally took over this heavy baton.
Precisely because there are countless eyes staring at it, in the past few years, almost all of Yu Zhining's thoughts have been spent on the "Datang Pharmacopoeia".
Fortunately, this is the East Palace, there are not many specific affairs, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has great trust in me.
Yu Zhining then made difficult progress step by step. After several years, the silent efforts of countless doctors, and the painstaking efforts of famous doctors of the Tang Dynasty, the fruit was finally ready to bear fruit.
Unexpectedly, at such a critical moment, something like this happened.
Li Chengqian let another sip of wine slide down his throat, smacked his mouth, and then said with a bitter smile on his face.
"East Palace, everyone says that the East Palace is like a fence, with loopholes everywhere."
"Today's incident is enough to prove that even a thief who sets a fire can't be caught, alas..."