Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 331: Foresight and Foolish Virtue

In the Manna Hall, until the light curtain dispersed, Li Shimin still couldn't accept it.

A sudden idea, but ended up one step behind Zhuge Wuhou?

Sun Simiao didn't care that much, and he didn't say much about this Guizhi Tang junior.

But for Sun Simiao, who is also a doctor, the inspiration is enough.

For example, the Shenqi Pill seems to have room for improvement. After all, the name of the Liuwei Dihuang Pill shows that the main ingredient should only be six flavors.

But if Sun Simiao's memory is correct, Shenqi Pills should contain eight main ingredients.

Which two medicines are reduced? How has the ratio changed?

Such simple matters can be handed over to the Imperial Medical Office, and they can also have something to do.

Reducing two herbs may seem simple, but the pharmacological conflicts and complementary medicinal properties involved are enough to test the level of the Imperial Medical Office.

In comparison, what is most important to Sun Simiao is the perspective of future generations analyzing pharmacology and the concept of "practical medicine".

The pharmacological analysis is simple and visual, making it easy to understand.

The word "practice" breaks down its meaning. It means "rich, true, sincere and extensive", while the word "practice" means that the emphasis is on fulfillment.

From this, Sun Simiao also understood clearly that medicine should be based on the patient and use medicine to understand the pathology, in order to make the patient recover as before.

If you want to understand correct medicine, the first thing you need to do is to understand the human body in detail.

For example, what this younger generation said about blood circulation and blood vessel permeability are all unheard of.

And when it comes to anatomy diagrams, Sun Simiao is a little disgusted. He feels that the internal organs diagrams copied from the Song Dynasty were really poorly drawn.

So Sun Simiao pondered for a moment, then turned and stared at Yan Liben.

Yan Liben was frowning and looking around carefully, as if he was looking for something.

After meeting Sun Simiao's gaze, Yan Liben smiled and nodded.

Sun Simiao immediately responded with an eager smile:

Such realistic painting techniques, without drawing anatomical diagrams, would be a great loss to medicine!

But... Sun Simiao stroked his beard and thought:

Is it better to ask His Majesty directly to assign it? Or is it better to be enlightened by reason and moved by emotion?

Yan Liben, who was still looking around, shuddered for some reason.

Instead, I became more and more confused:

It's strange, this Manna Hall is not big, where can the paintings be blown by the wind?

Although Li Shimin felt regretful, it was only a little.

As the light curtain completely dissipated, Li Shimin also waved his hand to signal everyone to disperse.

This is almost the fixed process of the Manlu Palace. His Majesty will often leave one or two ministers alone at this time to consult the strategy in detail. The others usually pick out what they are interested in or are good at and write a memorial to submit it, and then wait for His Majesty. Summoned for discussion or approval.

And this time it was still the same.

"Pharmacist, please wait a moment. Mao Gong will also stay with you."

So the two generals remained motionless, and the others dispersed in twos and threes.

Particularly eye-catching were Fang and Du. Fang Xuanling, who was usually elegant, put down the copy of the light curtain, gave Li Shimin a scrawled salute, and then pulled Du Ruhui away roughly.

This caused Du Ruhui to have half a foot out of the Manna Palace before he realized what he was doing, turned around, cupped his hands, and loudly excused himself.

Yan Lide did the same thing. After sorting out the drawings he had drawn, he couldn't wait to go back and record the work in the supervision book and start work.

He even plans to follow his previous idea and bring his younger brother in as a general prisoner to help him, so the first thing to do is...

Huh? Why can't it be pulled?

Yan Lide originally planned to drag his younger brother to see the prisoner and describe his bright future.

But what he didn't expect was that Yan Liben couldn't pull it away as if there were roots under his feet.

Ignoring his brother's confused look, Yan Liben raised his head and cupped his hands and said:

"I am good at fine brushwork. If your majesty wants to discuss military strategy with the two princes, please allow me to listen and use fine brushwork to draw a detailed outline of your majesty's Zangfu place."

Yan Lide was a little surprised. He remembered how much his younger brother resisted painting for the royal family before. Although there was improvement later, he was still not as diligent as he is now.

Li Shimin glanced at Yan Liben with a half-smile, nodded and said:

"good."

So Yan Lide could only leave alone with doubts.

Li Shimin ignored Yan Liben, pulled over the map, and muttered straight to the point:

"The day before yesterday, there was an urgent report from Liangzhou that Tuyuhun bandits invaded Shanzhou and were wandering near the Huangshui River."

Li Jing stroked his beard. He was now the Minister of War. Naturally, he had handled this military report and knew its contents very clearly.

Shanzhou can be said to be the gateway to Tuyuhun, so there are Shancheng and Huangshui City, both with garrisons, just to guard against Tuyuhun.

If Shanzhou falls, the bandits will be able to march straight in. They can not only invade Liangzhou from the north, but also harass Longyou eastward, which is a serious danger.

And Li Daliang, the governor of Liangzhou, is a nail embedded in Longyou. He is reliable and good at fighting. Although he has no great achievements, he has a good battle formation and is good at management. Therefore, it is most suitable to take charge of Liangzhou.

This time, Li Daliang sent troops from Liangzhou to solve the Tuyuhun crisis in Shanzhou.

But speaking of this... Li Jing remembered that before Jie Li was captured, Li Daliang was appointed as the pacification ambassador of the Northwest Road. It seems that although there was no advice from later generations at that time, His Majesty's eyes had naturally fallen on Tuyuhun.

Li Jing replayed these contents in his mind, so he automatically ignored His Majesty's impassioned speech, but he could hear the last sentence clearly:

"...Therefore, I have made up my mind and ordered the pharmacist to be the general manager of Qinghai Road's march and supervise the campaign to destroy Tuyuhun."

So Li Jinggong handed over:

"I will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust."

This was not a court meeting at this time, but a private meeting in advance, so there was no need to pay homage, and Li Shimin didn't need it either.

Just like the war in East Turkestan, no amount of nice words can compare with the profit of being caught alive.

Moreover, Li Jing will most likely have to discuss the candidates for his deputy and other marching commanders twice more with Li Shimin. After these candidates are finally determined, they will be announced at the court meeting.

And often the announcement at the court meeting means the official start of the entire war, just like the process of destroying the East Turks, and Li Jing is no longer unfamiliar with this.

The only thing that may be different is that according to the custom at this time, Li Jing's marching general should be called Xikai Road, but perhaps later generations have read it too many times and now it is Qinghai Road.

Later, Li Jing, as the person in charge of Qinghai Road, discussed in detail the allocation of grain and grass with Li Shimin and the preliminary ideas for this war.

When talking about another direction of sending troops to Tuyuhun, Li Shimin whispered:

"The Lintao Qiang people cannot be trusted."

There are two ways to attack Tuyuhun from Longyou direction. If Shanzhou is the main entrance, then Lintao can be called the side entrance.

From Chengji - that is, Tianshui, and going west from there is Lintao, which is full of Qiang people. Going west for more than two hundred miles is Wuhai, which is what later generations said was the place where Su Dingfang became famous. Xue Rengui was sad.

Only seventy or eighty miles north of Wuhai is Qinghai Lake, where the hinterland of Tuyuhun is located.

However, it was inevitable to have contact with the Qiang people from here. Li Shih thought that he might as well enlist the Qiang people to fight against Tuyuhun and also serve as guides.

Li Jing was noncommittal, while Li Shimin completely rejected this opinion.

"Lintao Qiang and Tuyuhun have nothing to do with each other. Even if they surrender to the Tang Dynasty, they are probably unwilling to offend Tuyuhun for the Tang Dynasty. It is inevitable that they will end up with both sides."

Shaking his head and putting aside his plans for the time being, Li Shimin paid attention to Li Shi𪟝:

"Would you like to go with the medicine master during the expedition to Tuyuhun?"

If His Majesty had asked this question three months ago, Li Shi would not have hesitated at all.

But at this moment, thinking about the magnificent things on the sea that he saw only half an hour ago, he hesitated a little.

Li Shimin and Li Jing did not rush. Seeing Li Shixi hesitate for a moment, they simply pointed at the map Yan Liben had just drawn and discussed how to arrange their troops for a multi-pronged attack on Tuyuhun.

And soon, the hesitation on Li Shi's face turned into determination, and he solemnly cupped his hands and said:

"Please supervise Laizhou!"

As soon as he said these words, Li Shi's face was filled with relief.

In fact, of course he could petition to attack Tuyuhun first, and then transfer to the navy to supervise the navy.

But by Li Shi's own estimation, the time from gathering food and grass to the end of the campaign in Tuyuhun would be at least April next year.

It's only the beginning of October now, which means at least half a year has passed.

Now that Liu Rengui has come into His Majesty's sight, and more than half a year has passed, how far ahead of him can his arithmetic skills and naval experience be?

The result that both sides wanted was probably to serve as lieutenant general to Li Jing in Tuyuhun, and to serve as lieutenant general to Liu Rengui when they arrived at sea.

What he, Li Shi𪟝, wants is to make achievements on his own and leave a name in history, not to help others.

In this case, it's better to just cut it off. Isn't it just learning? He, Li Shi, is only in his early thirties. If Liu Rengui can learn from it, why can't he learn from it?

Therefore, Li Shi's eyes became more determined.

Li Shimin patted his shoulder and laughed:

"In that case, let's see who can compete first between Mao Gong and Zheng Ze for Jing Hai's merit!"

After the two matters were confirmed, Li Jing and Li Shixi resigned one after another.

Li Jing planned to go to the Ministry of War to read again Longyou's records about Tuyuhun in the past two years, and send two letters to Li Daliang in Liangzhou to ask about the situation in detail, and then consider the military strategy.

Li Shihuang wanted to go to the Imperial College to see how to get started with arithmetic, and was still considering whether to visit Fang Xuanling.

He heard from Hou Junji, the unfortunate guy, that Fang Xuanling was now obsessed with arithmetic, and wondered if he had any knack for arithmetic.

But seeing how hurried they were when they left just now, I wonder if it was convenient.

Yan Liben looked around at the Ganlu Hall again, then handed over his hands and left together.

"Li Ben." Li Shimin called out to the lord doctor.

Yan Liben was so famous in the world that even Li Shimin forgot his name.

At this time, the word calling for help seemed cordial, but Yan Liben was surprised.

Although I was unwilling in my heart, I could only stop and turn around and handed over my hand again:

"His Majesty."

Li Shimin still got straight to the point:

"Have you heard about the recent construction of the Imperial Medical Office next to Tingwei Prison?"

Yan Liben nodded honestly:

"About this Imperial Medical Office, I have heard rumors and rumors circulating in the market are all ridiculous."

"Oh?" Li Shimin looked curious. After sitting down, he pointed to the chair to signal Yan Liben to be more casual:

"How absurd?"

Carefully resting half of his buttocks on the chair, Yan Liben tried to recall:

"Some people say that the new imperial doctor's behavior is weird. He likes to dissect corpses in order to avoid death. He is suspected of practicing witchcraft by taking out the heart and lungs."

"Some people even swore that the number of death row criminals executed at Duliu Shu this year was significantly lower than in previous years."

The place where the executed prisoners were executed in the Tang Dynasty was located in the southwest corner of the imperial city. Simply put, it was the T-shaped intersection outside the southwest corner of the imperial palace. Because there was a particularly eye-catching willow tree here, the place was commonly known as the Single Willow Tree among the people.

Li Shimin picked up the cold tea on the couch and drank it in one gulp. He shook his head:

"It's all true."

Yan Liben's eyes widened slightly. Although he had some suspicions because of the anatomy diagrams he had copied from the light screen, Yan Liben still couldn't accept it after it was confirmed by His Majesty himself.

But what he couldn't accept even more was what happened later. Li Shimin said with a half-smile but not a smile:

"Divine Dr. Sun dissects people who have been sentenced to death to examine the inside of the human body, and then he can understand the pathology."

Listening to His Majesty's slow explanation, Yan Liben had a hunch in his heart, and sure enough:

"However, a person who has been cut open cannot survive for a long time. Although Dr. Sun has a photographic memory, it would be inconvenient to explain it to others. If he is good at writing, he might as well use the technique of painting to paint the inside of the human body and become a model of medicine. How about it?"

Yan Liben thought about it carefully in his mind. Although he knew that it was of great significance, he still felt a little awkward when thinking about the object of the drawing.

Li Shimin was not in a hurry, he just said calmly:

"I heard that Ai Qing is good at painting people's appearance with fine brushwork, and is especially good at painting people's faces with laughter."

"But you're not good at drawing people's inner thoughts?"

As soon as the words came out, Yan Liben couldn't sit still, stood up and spoke sincerely:

"Medicine can bring life to all people. Now that we need to establish a model for studying medicine, I am not talented enough, so I am willing to do my best to help medical students."

Li Shimin smiled and nodded. Seeing that Yan Liben had agreed, he motioned for him to go as he pleased.

Looking at the picture of Galen's ship displayed on the light curtain today, Li Shimin only belatedly realized the preciousness of Yan Liben.

For comparison, Li Shimin had seen the picture of the Wuyalou ship painted by the former Sui Dynasty.

And if you want to build a Wuyalou ship based on that kind of drawing, Li Shimin feels that it must require a very, very rich imagination.

In this kind of ship picture, the size of the soldiers and the size of the ship are seriously unequal, and the shape of the ship is completely different from what you see with your own eyes. Just looking at the picture can only tell that the ship has five floors, and nothing else is known.

But the pictures of later generations are completely different. From the crossbow diagram to the trebuchet to the Galen ship diagram, they are all painted with meticulous brushwork, as if they were seen with their own eyes, and have their own beauty.

More importantly, imitation has become easier, and the length and size relationship between parts can be seen at a glance.

Li Shimin did not dare to imagine what it would be like if the pictures of Galen's ship drawn by later generations were like the Wugulou ship painted by the former Sui Dynasty.

Most likely...it can only be a useless picture.

For a time, Li Shimin's thoughts wandered further and further:

Could it be that the brothel emperor of the Song Dynasty had the foresight to put paintings into the imperial examination?

If we want to promote science, we should promote meticulous painting?

For a moment, Li Shimin was unsure.

There are still two days of competition before get off work is completely over. Jingdong became excited. I just want to watch the finals civil war.

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