Zhangsun Wuji, Kong Yingda, and the other ministers were all confused.
Wasn't His Majesty fine just a moment ago? Why did he suddenly fly into a rage and say such vulgar words? Moreover, it was in such a solemn place like Taiji Palace.
The reason was written on this note.
Zhangsun Wuji went forward to pick it up. When he took a look, his eyes instantly widened. His breathing became heavier and cold sweat flowed down.
Kong Yingda and the officials from the aristocratic families panicked.
What was going on? Zhangsun Wuji, this old fox, was actually panicking. It seemed that things were not simple.
However, this was Taiji Palace, a sacred place. The Emperor was still here, so they couldn't go up and take a look.
Each and every one of them was like ants on a hot pan, extremely anxious.
"Ancestors, read it out so that they won't be anxious.”
Li Shi Min sneered as he glanced at Kong Yingda and the others with disdain.
Kong Yingda and the others were furious, but there was nothing they could do.
Li Shiming was usually easy to talk to and had enough respect for everyone, but he was the Emperor after all. They couldn't do anything about him being so rude.
Moreover, everyone's attention was on the note, so they didn't have the mood to care about these things.
"Your, Your Majesty…"
Zhangsun Wuji smiled awkwardly. He wanted to say something, but before he could finish, Li Shiming's face turned cold.
"Read!"
The word was clean and firm, and it was so powerful that Zhangsun Wuji did not dare to delay any longer.
"After investigation, the King of Shu, Li Ke, brought 40,000 guards and medical staff from the King of Shu's residence from Yizhou to treat the patients with the reagent. Currently, it is known that 80% of the patients have been cured, and the rest are recovering!”
After Zhangsun Wuji finished reading, he lowered his head and did not even dare to breathe loudly.
Kong Yingda roared.
"Absolutely impossible!"
" Smallflower is an incurable disease. Those infected will die!"
"This must be fake news!"
The officials of the aristocratic families all agreed, thinking that this was impossible.
"In the past dynasties, when there was an outbreak of smalllessness, the infected would die. No one could save them.”
"Since ancient times, there have been many famous doctors. Bian Que, Hua Tuo, and Zhang Zhongjing have never thought of a solution. How can the King of Shu, a child, be able to solve it?”
"Your Majesty, we must investigate this thoroughly. This must be the King of Shu's evil plan. He used false news to confuse Your Majesty and secretly plotted!”
Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Shi Min was very calm this time. He turned to Chang Tu.
"Chang Tu, this is the news of your Beautiful Scene Sect. Tell this one, tell all the officials, is it the truth?”
Everyone trembled and fell silent.
How could the news from Landscape Sect be wrong?
The reason why they dared to question it was because they thought that it was news from other channels. There were still some who refuted it.
However, now that it was news from Landscape Sect, it was definitely true.
As expected, Chang Tu bowed and smiled.
"If any of the news from Landscape Sect is not true, Your Majesty, please cut this old servant into pieces and grind my bones into ashes.”
How ruthless!
This sentence completely expressed the responsibility that Chang Tu was willing to take, and also confirmed the authenticity of this matter.
Li Ke had really solved the problem of smalllessness and saved 300,000 smalllessness patients!
This…
This was too magical!
"Hahahaha…"
Li Shi Min laughed maniacally as he looked at Zhangsun Wuji, Kong Yingda, and the others with eyes filled with mockery.
"At that time, you impeached Li Ke, saying that my son studied strange skills and was ignorant and incompetent.”
"But now?"
"My son used his research to create a medicine to fight smalllessness and saved 300,000 people!”
"What about you guys?"
"All of you are virtuous gentlemen, pillars of the country, virtuous officials of the Great Tang!”
"But you want me to give up the lives of 300,000 people!”
"Fortunately, I have a good son, the King of Shu, Li Ke. Otherwise, I would have been dragged down by you and become an unkind ruler who watched 300,000 people die!”
Li Shiming's every word was like a slap in the face.
Especially Kong Yingda, whose old face was flushed red as he said indignantly.
"Your Majesty, we are just following our past experience and handling it safely. What's wrong?”
"Are we going to sacrifice the lives of everyone in the world in exchange for the lives of these three hundred thousand people?”
"Moreover, the current King of Shu, Li Ke, has only saved a portion of the patients. What about the rest?”
"The medicine that can cure small-flower must be extremely precious. There aren't many of them.“
"Now that Li Ke has taken it out, it seems that he has saved a lot of people. However, if there is not enough follow-up medicine, those smalllessness patients who cannot be treated will definitely riot and be out of control.”
"When the time comes, we'll break through the control of the Imperial Court and flee everywhere, spreading smalllessness to even more people.”
"Although Li Ke's actions are aimed at saving people, he has actually planted a hidden danger that has plunged our Great Tang into an even greater crisis.”
"His Majesty should immediately issue a decree to have Li Ke hand over the medicine for the Imperial Court to study and control.”
"Reprimand Li Ke for acting recklessly and disregarding the overall situation.”
The officials of the aristocratic families all gave a thumbs up and prostrated themselves in admiration of Kong Yingda.
As expected of a great scholar, his words were of a high standard.
"Your Majesty, Elder Kong is right.”
Zhangsun Wuji seemed to have grabbed onto a life-saving straw as he hurriedly echoed.
He had just attacked and impeached Li Ke, which had already made Li Shimin angry and disgusted.
If there was no reasonable explanation, it would naturally affect his status.
Now that things had come to this, it was better to follow Kong Yingda's path to the end. He had to determine that Li Ke was guilty.
"I agree!"
The officials of the aristocratic families also expressed their stance, standing on the side of Kong Yingda and Zhangsun Wuji.
Li Shi Min was stunned. He frowned and fell silent.
He was an emperor, and an emperor who had not been able to rule the country properly.
Don't look at how the later generations boasted about the eternal emperor.
It was indeed a great achievement, but it didn't mean that the Black Tortoise Sect's coup was legal.
A mistake was a mistake.
This was a stain in his life, and it was also a fatal shortcoming.
This was also the reason why he had been very obscure about this question all his life.
"Your Majesty, Elder Kong is right. The King of Shu is indeed lacking in consideration.”
Fang Xuanling also stood out.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Du Ruhui also stood out and expressed.
"Elder Kong, you are wise and wise."
"The King of Shu's fief is only Yizhou. The medicine and food are not enough for disaster relief.”
"Since we have the medicine now, it is naturally more appropriate to hand it over to the Imperial Court.”
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's words had completely convinced Li Shimin.
That's right, nothing else mattered.
The main reason was that the credit for this disaster relief should go to him, the emperor.
Only then could he stabilize his position and power.
"I'm sorry, Li Ke, Zhen's good son.”
Li Shi Min said guiltily.
"This disaster relief merit, give it to me!”
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