Li Mu looked at Sun Simiao's expression for a long time, then smiled helplessly and said: "Old man, I really can't tell which of what you said is true and which is false."
Sun Simiao smiled and said: "Young man, for the sake of helping me print books, I will tell you the truth. I have been traveling around the world for decades. I can't tell the difference between what is true and what is false, what is false and what is true.
It’s clear. Only medical skills are absolutely true, what about the rest...I’ve told you everything, just listen to it, if you believe it, you have it, if you don’t believe it, you don’t have it.”
"Okay." Li Mu sighed and said, "Then you tell me, I will listen to you as a story."
Sun Simiao nodded and said: "This Ziwei Dou Shu, I learned it from a stranger when I was your age. I was young and curious, so I studied it for a while. In fact, I was not very proficient in it.
My talent is not in this area, I just have a little knowledge of it."
"But the stranger who taught me Ziwei Dou Shu told me many things from the past. If you ask about Yao Xing, I will tell you one."
Li Mu nodded, looking like a curious baby, and urged: "Speak quickly, speak quickly."
"Do you know Wang Mang?"
Wang Mang?
Hearing this name, Li Mu was stunned for a moment. This name was too familiar to him. There are jokes about Wang Mang all over the Internet. In the year of the Olympic Games, Li Mu had already read the jokes about Wang Mang.
It is said that he is the one who most resembles a time traveler among historical figures. Because many things Wang Mang did in the late Han Dynasty were very advanced. For example, he took land as state-owned and then distributed it equally among households. He also abolished the slavery system.
, strictly controlled the buying and selling of private slaves. He also controlled prices and strictly prohibited bureaucrats and businessmen from raising food prices. He created "state-owned enterprises" and specialized in salt, iron, and wine. He forced people to work. If they don't work, there will be no food. He also commended workers. He also wrote books
, "Chinese Dictionary", "Medical Dictionary", "Wedding and Funeral Dictionary", "Literary Dictionary" and other important basic classics are all written by him.
One of the most real examples is that a bronze caliper was unearthed in later generations. The appearance of this bronze caliper is exactly the same as the vernier caliper of later generations, and even the scale is the same.
According to further analysis by the author of the article, Wang Mang is not only a time traveler, but also an angry youth time traveler born in the 1980s. This can be seen from his policy towards the "Sibari" after he came to power.
He forced the Qiang people to "donate" the land around Qinghai Lake to establish Xihai County, so that it could be combined with the existing Beihai County, Nanhai County, and Donghai County in the country to form the "Four Seas". In order to make this wasteland resemble a county, he must force
Immigration, so he added fifty laws to increase the number of thousands of criminals to meet the needs of immigrants. He also changed the rulers of the Huns, Goguryeo, the Western Regions and the southwestern barbarians and other vassal states that had originally submitted to the Han Dynasty from their original
"King" was downgraded to "Marquis". He also took back and destroyed the "Xiangnu Chanyu Seal" and awarded it to "New Xiongnu Chanyu Seal"; he even changed the Xiongnu Chanyu to "Subject to the Nu", conquered Goguryeo several times, and
Changing its name to "Xiaguli" and so on are extraordinary things.
You know, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and he usurped the Western Han Dynasty, in AD 5. The things he did were unimaginable at the time, even unnecessary, and absolutely inconsistent with the times. Even though his ideas were good, the reality was
The operation cannot be performed.
Therefore, the "New Dynasty" he established collapsed in less than fifteen years and was replaced by the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Li Mu recalled everything about Wang Mang and nodded.
Sun Simiao continued: "Wang Mang was a man of great talent. He rose to the rank of Taifu and took over all the power. He was named Anhan Gong. The Han Dynasty records that at that time, all matters in the court, no matter how big or small, were decided by Anhan Gong and the four assistants.
Later, his ambitions expanded and the emperor was young, so he forced Ru Ziying to become the emperor and changed the name of the country to "Xin". After he became the emperor, he carried out many inexplicable reforms. In the end, they all failed, and then
During the locust plague, the land was red for thousands of miles, and the people had no livelihood. The people exchanged their children for food. In the end, public anger was aroused, and the Han clan rose up to resist. The "Red Eyebrows" and "Green Forest" rose up and invaded the capital. The New Dynasty was overthrown. It only lasted fifteen years.
."
"The stranger said to me, Wang Mang is a demon star and a disaster star. And what you are doing now is quite similar to what he did. He reformed, and you also reformed. He has great achievements.
Cai, it’s the same for you, don’t you think it’s very similar to me by analogy?”
"I don't think so!" Of course Li Mu couldn't admit it. Although he did think that Wang Mang was probably a time traveler, his end was not very good, and he was a traitor who usurped the throne. If he admitted that he looked like Wang Mang, would it be wrong?
Isn't it in Xuancheng? Will Li Mu also want to usurp Li Tang's power one day?
Only a fool would admit it.
"I, Li Mu, serve the people wholeheartedly and am even more loyal to His Majesty. How can I compare myself to Wang Mang and his like? Old man, please don't harm me. You must be worthy of the money I spent on printing books for you."
Sun Simiao smiled and said: "I have said it so many times. If you believe it, there will be something. If you don't believe it, there will be nothing. I am not very proficient in Ziwei Dou Shu, so my calculation may not be accurate."
Li Mu thought to himself, this is not accurate. If it were more accurate, I would have leaked all the details! Fortunately, he did not notice the system thing, otherwise he would have killed this old man at all costs.
After chatting for a while, the sky was getting dark. Li Zhien came over to inform the cook that the banquet was ready. Li Mu originally thought that a miracle doctor like Sun Simiao must pay great attention to health preservation. In his previous life, he had seen people who maintained health, for example, he worked in a game
The manager of the company is forty years old, with an annual income of 30 million. He has two children who are twins, his wife is a model, and his third son is also a model. He also has a famous female anchor as his "goddaughter". Life is full of things.
Colorful. He is very afraid of death. He eats, drinks, and has diarrhea under the guidance of professionals. For twelve months, the supplements are different every month. The articles forwarded in the circle of friends have nothing to do with work. They are all
A big class on health preservation, living a delicate life.
Li Mu thought that Sun Simiao also "preserved health" in this way, but the eating habits of Sun Simiao and his apprentice completely shattered his concept of "preserving health".
The meal was arranged by Li Zhien. She was grateful for Sun Simiao's treatment of Li Mu, so she spent a lot of money to buy vegetables that were rare in winter to entertain Sun Simiao. However, the master and apprentice did not eat a single chopstick of the two plates of vegetables. Instead, they were just 'making up the numbers'
The two masters and apprentices seemed to be robbing each other of the meat, and their food was as fast as flying, leaving their mouths full of oil.
Li Mu was dumbfounded. He held up his chopsticks for a long time without putting them down. When he reacted and wanted to pick up vegetables, he found that there was nothing left to pick up except green vegetables. Looking at the two masters and apprentices opposite, each had a lamb rib in his hand.
He was gnawing his bones over there.
Li Mu put down his chopsticks and said, "Miracle doctor, I would like to ask, how long have you not eaten meat?"
Sun Simiao wiped a handful of oil stains on his goatee and said: "Let Hou Zhulu laugh, we two masters and apprentices travel around to practice medicine, eat and sleep in the open air, eat whatever we encounter, it is better to treat patients when we are in towns, if you travel
Walking between villages, there is no meat in the homes of ordinary people. I have been on this journey from Luoyang for almost twenty days, and I have not smelled the smell of meat."
Li Mu wondered: "Miracle doctor, you should have a lot of money for treating patients. When you get to Chang'an, you can't buy anything with money, so don't be too stingy."
At this time, Sun Simiao's apprentice spoke up and said: "The Marquis does not know something, but my mentor never asked for money for medical treatment. My mentor often said that doctors are kind-hearted, and when they think of the suffering of the patients, how can they bear to force them with money again. When you meet a rich man
I took the initiative to donate to my family, so my mentor reluctantly accepted it. But it was all spent on the poor, including the master, and the remaining money was only a thousand coins."
Thousands of Wen, that is, a lot of money. I really didn't expect that the great miracle doctor only had a lot of money with him. This little money is just a few days of rations.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, looking at the way the master and apprentice were dressed, they did not look like rich people. Li Mu suddenly remembered that if he invited someone to come for medical treatment today, he should pay for the medical treatment. It cost so much money to print the book.
, it’s not a bad thing to owe someone a favor for this little thing.
Thinking of this, Li Mu said to Li Zhien: "Take the largest ingot and give it to the miracle doctor as a consultation fee."
"Yes!" Li Zhien responded, got up and went to the inner room to take out an ingot. Among the silver ingots cast by Li Mu, the largest amount was twelve taels. This ingot weighed a pound.
Li Mu took the ingot and placed it in front of Sun Simiao, saying: "The miracle doctor has unparalleled medical skills. After drinking your medicine, I feel much better. The small consultation fee is not disrespectful, but I hope you can accept it with a smile."
Sun Simiao suddenly smiled brightly and said: "Marquis Zhulu is too polite. My disciple is just explaining the truth and has no intention of asking for medical fees!"
"Then I'll take it back?"
"But there is no need." Sun Simiao hurriedly put the ingot into his sleeve and said, "Marquis Zhulu sincerely gave it to me. If I don't accept it, I won't give you face. In this case, I will accept it. When I give medicinal herbs to the poor people someday,
I must tell them that this is the merit of Zhuluhou."
Li Mu laughed, but said in his heart, you old liar, I'll be damned if I believe you!
As the sun set in the west, the gate was about to close. Li Mu asked Dugujiu to send the master and apprentice back to their residence. He also sent them to the gate, turned around and returned to the backyard, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
At this time on weekdays, Bai Qiaoqiao would prepare to take a bath. This was her habit. But today, she seemed not to be in the mood anymore. She got into bed alone, with her back to the outside, saying nothing, like
Was asleep.
Li Zhien was sitting at the table, holding a fine pen in his hand, writing down the expenses of the house today. Seeing Li Mu coming back, he kept winking at him.
Li Mu didn't understand why, and Li Zhien was so anxious that he couldn't help it. He tore off a piece of paper from the account book and wrote a few words for him to read. Only then did Li Mu understand what it meant. It turned out that he had said the wrong thing in the afternoon. He spoke indiscriminately,
She said that what Bai Qiaoqiao brought was poison, and that she wanted to murder her husband. Bai Qiaoqiao took it to heart and was depressed all afternoon.
No wonder I didn't hear her speak when we were eating just now.
Li Mu recalled what he had said in the afternoon and smiled bitterly. He really didn't blame others for being angry. If he thought about it in his own shoes, he would be angry too.