In the first month of the twenty-third year of Xuanping, Jinling City, Mafu.
Ma Wei was lying on the large bed. Next to the bed was his second wife, who was holding a bowl of soup with a strong medicinal smell. She looked sad while feeding Ma Wei the medicine.
A little further away are several of Ma Wei's concubines and a group of children.
After Ma Wei was persecuted by the local dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty in his early years in his hometown in Liuzhou, only one of his family members escaped. At that time, he was full of hatred and had no hesitation to join the bandits. No, it should be said that he joined the dragon.
Back then, he was the most highly educated person in Huangzhu Mountain. He was a serious scholar, much better than Liu Bagou, Wang Wenhua, Qian Mengjiu and even Li Xuan himself.
Although Liu Bagou has always regarded himself as a scholar, in fact he did not even pass the county examination until an old Taoist priest left him a Taoist robe, and he became a Taoist priest. Of course, even
Even after becoming a Taoist priest, he still regarded himself as a scholar.
As for Wang Wenhua, he was a child who failed the exams for many years. He finally became a private school teacher in his hometown. He was robbed by bandits and captured by the Tang Dynasty. He then surrendered and became the third prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
Not to mention Qian Mengjiu, he has never even taken an exam. At best, he can only be said to have read a few books. He is not even a serious scholar, just a half-hearted person.
Back then, Li Xuan was just a boy. According to his mother, Queen Mother Bai, his son could have passed the imperial examination. However, that idiot Liu Bagou encouraged Li Erbi to rebel. As a result, the imperial examination also failed.
Let it go.
Back then, in Huangzhu Mountain, before Ma Wei came, there were only two and a half scholars, but after Ma Wei came, he became the one with the highest academic level.
Highly educated talents are popular everywhere, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception. Ma Wei quickly rose to a high position, and with the expansion of the Tang Dynasty, he gradually grew into a truly important minister.
This person, unlike Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu, and Wang Wenhua, who have always stayed in the central government office in Gyeonggi Province, he moved back and forth between the central government and the local government.
In his early years, he served as the prefect of Liuzhou, and then the governor of Guangxi. He was then transferred back to Gyeonggi and served as minister, but a few years later, he went to Jiangxi to serve as governor.
In the early years, the Tang Empire did not occupy much territory. When he was the governor of Guangxi, the Tang Empire only occupied half of Guizhou, one of Guangxi, and half of Guangdong.
Even when he was the governor of Jiangxi, the Tang Empire only occupied Guizhou and Guangxi, as well as Jiangxi and Hunan.
The governor of a province in those days was much more important than the governor of a province now, so Ma Wei was transferred to the governor of a certain province as a minister many times.
After the unification war, Ma Wei served in Gyeonggi for a long time, and served in the Ministry of Personnel for seven years. Later, he was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, where he also served as minister, and was always the minister on duty in the imperial study room.
Logically speaking, he is only over fifty years old, and is deeply trusted by the Holy Emperor. His political life is at least ten years away.
Didn’t you see that Liu Bagou is now over seventy years old, and he is still the minister on duty in the imperial study. Although his experience is not as good as before and he is not in charge of things much, he is still recognized as the chief minister on duty in the imperial study, the real chief minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the prime minister.
However, a sudden stroke on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month completely brought this important minister of the Tang Empire to the final stage of his life!
Ma Wei's eldest son, Ma Hanquan, couldn't help but feel sad when he saw his father who was having a hard time even taking medicine. However, at this time, he did not cry because he saw his father's frown.
When Ma Wei suffered a stroke, he was rescued by a large number of royal doctors and medical professors from the Royal Institute of Technology. Although he lost almost all his mobility and could barely speak, his consciousness was still clear.
Yesterday, he had just made a simple oral complaint and asked his eldest son to ghostwrite the book about begging for bones!
After spending his whole life in officialdom, when he was about to die, he eagerly hoped to return to his hometown, visit the graves of his two elders, and tell them that his son was back.
Although the doctors at the Royal Hospital and the professors from the Department of Medicine at the Royal Institute of Technology worked together to rescue him, they also gave him a life-threatening charm. In his current state, he would not live long.
The time for calling can be as long as three to five days, and as short as one or two days!
In fact, even if he sets out to return to his hometown now, he probably won't be able to return to his hometown alive. He just wants to return to his hometown, even if he dies on the way back!
After taking two sips of the decoction, Ma Wei laboriously shook his head. After his wife took the medicine away, he began to murmur, while his wife leaned forward and listened carefully.
Although his speech was extremely slurred and his words were almost inaudible, his wife, who had been with him for the rest of his life, still heard clearly, or in other words, knew what he wanted to say.
Then Mrs. Ma raised her head and said to Ma Hanquan: "Quan'er, your father said that as soon as the decree comes out, he will leave for his hometown immediately, but you don't have to go back and continue your studies!"
“Study in the Imperial College must not be wasted!”
After Ma Hanquan heard this, he immediately said: "Father, I want to send you back to your hometown!"
He also knew that his father's time was running out, and he wanted to stay by his side in the last moments of his life!
Ma Wei did not continue to say anything, but frowned!
At this moment, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared outside. The second housekeeper of Ma Mansion trotted in. Before the man came in, he said: "Master, Madam!"
When Mrs. Ma saw this scene, she just wanted to reprimand her for being so panicked after all this time.
However, the second housekeeper of the Ma Mansion did not see Mrs. Ma's ugly face at all, but hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is about to arrive!"
After hearing this, the expressions of many people in the room changed suddenly, and Ma Wei, who was lying on the bed, also looked excited and murmured something as if he wanted to say something.
However, he couldn't even understand what he said because of his unclear speech. Even though Mrs. Ma on the side still looked sad, she was the mistress who had been in charge of Ma Mansion for twenty years. She immediately said:
"Quan'er, get someone ready to pick you up immediately!"
However, as soon as she finished speaking, a group of people came in from outside. Judging from their clothes, it was clear that these were the entourage of the Holy Emperor, including secretaries from the secretariat and guards from the bodyguard's office.
Immediately afterwards, I heard a shout from outside: "Your Majesty is here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Xuan walking in wearing casual clothes!
When Li Xuan came in, everyone in the room quickly saluted. Even Ma Wei seemed to be struggling to get up. Li Xuan immediately raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite!"
"Ma Aiqing, it's so good to lie down!"
Li Xuan looked around, his eyes passing over Madam Ma and Ma Hanquan, but he did not stay on these people for long, and then fell on Ma Wei who was lying on the bed.
He took two steps forward, looked at Ma Wei carefully, and then said: "You are in your fifties and you don't know how to take care of your body. What's wrong!"
After saying that, he turned around and looked at Yao Qingfei, the dean of the Department of Medicine at the Royal Institute of Technology.
This is a middle-aged man who is only in his thirties, thin and hunched, and looks a bit wretched. However, he is the chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Royal Institute of Technology of Tang Dynasty and one of the earliest medical students.
, he was the pervert who stole the corpses of deceased civilians, conducted dissections, and studied the structure of the human body, and was caught.
Although his appearance is wretched and his psychology is somewhat abnormal, it is undeniable that his achievements in modern medicine are unparalleled by anyone in this generation. This man has performed hundreds of operations over the years. Of course, his
Most of the patients died in the end.
But basically, they all died from postoperative infection!
This man had superb surgical skills and knew the structure of the human body well, but at this time, there were no corresponding drugs to use with him.
In addition, this pervert and genius also has considerable attainments in pathology. Through microscopes and other equipment, he has discovered many disease-causing germs.
Unfortunately, these bacteria have been discovered and there are no corresponding drugs to treat them!
When Yao Qingfei saw the Emperor Sheng looking towards him, he immediately walked over and whispered a few words in Li Xuan's ear!
After hearing this, Li Xuan also frowned!
No more than three to five days, as little as one or two days?
Ma Wei, who was fine and healthy the day before yesterday, unexpectedly died soon!
Then he would become the first founding father of the Tang Empire to die of illness?
The elders of the Huangzhushan period of the Tang Dynasty are all still alive and well. The oldest one is Liu Bagou, who is now in his seventies. Although he is old, he is still alive at least.
Others Wang Wenhua, Qian Mengjiu, Fang Dongquan, Chen Tufu and others are also still alive and well.
Among everyone, Ma Wei, who was younger and usually paid more attention to health, was going to die before everyone else.
This world is so incomprehensible to people!
At this time, Ma Wei murmured something, and Mrs. Ma listened closely, and then relayed: "Your Majesty, my husband said, making your Majesty worry is punishable by death!"
Li Xuandao: "What are you talking about at this time? You and I have been kings and ministers for more than twenty years. My dear, you are sick, so it is reasonable for me to come to visit you!"
Although Li Xuan said so, Ma Wei still looked a little excited on the bed because of Li Xuan's lightness. However, in the entire Tang Empire, there were really not many ministers who could receive such treatment. In the past twenty years, the sick ministers
There were many, but he only visited a few of them, and at least a few of his important ministers were seriously ill.
The total number of times can be counted with one hand!
Being able to have the Holy Emperor come to visit him personally when he was seriously ill and dying, Ma Wei felt that his life was worth it!
Then he murmured a few more words, but they were all related to what happened after his death. Although Mrs. Ma on the side held back her grief and told the story, she was already sobbing by the end of the story.