Turbulent Times Chapter 175: Total solar eclipse

(Thank you very much for the generous support and monthly ticket support of 'The Wandering Years', 'Local Muge' and 'Lonely Heroes'.)

Of course, for Wang Junlin, this is the most basic medical knowledge, but for doctors of this era, especially Sun Simiao, who is proficient in medical skills, it is a progress across the ages, or It opened up a completely different medical world.

So, Sun Simiao saw that he was sleepless and forgot to eat and sleep, day and night, Wang Junlin arranged for the maid to change the tea in time, and after the food was served on time, he ignored it.

Wang Junlin understood Sun Simiao's reaction very well. If he did not have the research spirit of forgetting everything, how could he achieve such great achievements? This is the outstanding characteristic of a typical researcher.

As far as Wang Junlin knows, it took more than 1,100 years before people had a simple understanding of bacteria, and more than 1,400 years later, medicine entered an era of evidence-based .

In the current era, the most common method used by Western witch doctors to treat patients is bloodletting. Many peoples in the West have colds and fevers and bloodletting, and bloodletting for stomach problems...

Comparatively speaking, the medical skills of the Eastern Chinese people are better, but the medicine of the Sui Kingdom is also very limited, whether it is "Huangdi Neijing" or other medical works, such as "Zuo Zhuan" recorded in the year of Zhaogong The medical theory of Yihe when he diagnosed the Marquis of Jin: "There are six qi in the sky, five flavors are born, five colors are formed in hair, five tones are manifested, six diseases are caused by prostitution. The six qi are: yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, and light. Also. Cold disease caused by yin sex, hot disease caused by yang sex, terminal disease caused by wind sex, abdominal disease caused by rain sex, dark disease caused by obscenity, and heart disease caused by bright sex.”

The only one that made Wang Junlin feel that he formed a certain medical system theory is the "Main Classic" compiled by Wang Shuhe in the Western Jin Dynasty, which has 10 volumes and 97 chapters. , is a summary of the knowledge about pulse science in Chinese medicine for more than 3,000 years. The beginning of "Mai Jing" clearly pointed out that "the pulse is subtle, but its body is difficult to distinguish", "it is easy in the heart, but it is only clear at the fingertips". The "Mai Jing" was compiled and summarized for these difficulties.

Other than that, Wang Junlin classified all these works as philosophical works rather than medical works.

Generally speaking, medicine in this era is actually an empirical study. Once a doctor accidentally cured a patient with a method, and then encountered such a disease again, he would continue to use the last treatment method , or a prescription for treatment. Naturally, everyone is happy when they are cured, but due to differences in symptoms or experience, many times there are cases where the cure cannot be cured, so it can only be considered... unlucky for the sick.

Sun Simiao is obviously the most famous and outstanding empirical doctor in this era. According to Wang Junlin's estimate, this person should have learned almost all empirical methods so far, and he has a large number of precious prescriptions in his hands.

So, when Sun Simiao came into contact with this field that is a little bit related to surgery for the first time, the latter was naturally shocked and curious. When he encountered some puzzlement, Wang Junlin made it clear in a few words, and found that the pharmacology Wang Junlin said was more reasonable and brilliant than "On the Origin of Diseases", Sun Simiao looked at Wang Junlin as if he was watching a monster.

Feeling the silent and inexplicable change in Sun Simiao's attitude towards him, Wang Junlin was very happy in his heart, and secretly planned to find an opportunity to shock the other party again, directly subverting his lunatic idea of ​​seeking longevity, and broke up. His obsession with the theory of ghosts and gods made him devote himself to medical research.

Of course, in the end, this person will study medicine with Wang Junlin. For this reason, Wang Junlin also worked hard secretly, trying to recall all the medical knowledge of later generations he had mastered.

…

…

To Wang Junlin's surprise, the result of Yang Su's assassination of Wang Junlin by using the army's murder weapon turned out to be nothing in the end.

The reason for this is because I don't know what kind of means Yang Su used. Three of the six survivors died before testifying, and the remaining three actually retracted their confessions on the spot in front of Manchu Wenwu and Yang Jian, and then on the spot suicide.

With such a result, Wang Junlin raised his vigilance against Yang Su again. Wang Junlin, Shen Guang and others speculated that there was someone from Yang Su in Hou Guan's mansion, and their status was not low.

Of course, after this incident, Yang Jian's fear of Yang Su will definitely become deeper. Yang Guang needs Yang Su's support right now, but when he becomes emperor in the future, he will definitely deal with Yang Su as eagerly as his father. Yang Jian must be more decisive and ruthless.

…

…

Wang Junlin originally planned not to help each other, and waited for the bright prince Yang Guang and the secretly deposed prince Yang Yong to fight fiercely around possible rumors after the solar eclipse appeared, and he was waiting for an opportunity to take some benefits. But when Yang Lihua sent a nighthawk envoy to tell him that he was assassinated by a crossbow on the street a few days ago, it was most likely the work of the deposed prince Yang Yong, Wang Junlin's thoughts changed.

Obviously, because Wang Junlin had a good relationship with King Yang Zhao of Jin, Yang Yong thought that Wang Junlin was probably a member of Yang Guang's lineage, so he wanted to kill two birds with one stone, kill him and blame Yang Su at the same time. Before that, Wang Junlin had some vague guesses, but because of the complicated forces in the capital, he was not sure.

"Shen Guang, you personally hand over this letter to Yang Zhao." Wang Junlin wrote in the letter that he calculated that there would be a total solar eclipse in the next few days, and guessed that there might be rumors that would be unfavorable to Empress Dugu. .

He only needs to tell Yang Zhao the information, and Yang Zhao will tell Yang Guang naturally. As for whether he will tell Yang Jian, it depends on Yang Zhao's mind, and Yang Guang will naturally remember his great favor, As for how Yang Guang would respond, he didn't need to get involved.

Facts have proved that although Yang Zhao is obese, his mind is not weak at all, and he also knew that the emperor's grandfather Yang Jian did not fully approve of his father Yang Guang being the prince, so he just told Yang Guang.

Yang Guang's reaction was quick and fierce, he secretly summoned Si Tianjian for questioning, the latter naturally looked bewildered and dazed. In history, it was Li Chunfeng, a famous astronomer, mathematician, and Taoist during the period of Emperor Taizong Li Shiming, who was able to predict the appearance of a total solar eclipse in advance. In front of him, the little-known Si Tianjian of Da Sui, who was just eating and waiting to die, naturally did not have this talent.

In order to prevent Si Tianjian from revealing the total solar eclipse, Yang Guang acted extremely decisively and ruthlessly, and directly sent someone to create an accident, making Si Tianjian shut up forever.

Afterwards, Yang Guang personally came to Wufu Tea House to have a secret talk with Wang Junlin. After receiving Wang Junlin's further affirmation, Yang Guang began to prepare secretly in advance with a gloomy expression.

Buried on the second day, Yang Guang secretly sent people to destroy several places in the mausoleum the day before, intending to push back the date of burial. No one deliberately spread rumors, and people would think of many bad things about Queen Dugu, which was extended to Queen Dugu's insistence on abolishing the prince back then.

It is a pity that both Yang Jian and most of the important ministers in the court, for other reasons, still insisted on burial on time. Yang Guang was depressed and could only hope that the total solar eclipse would be best not to come, even if Don't show up on the day of the burial.

However, in the world, what is most feared will often appear.

When Empress Dugu was buried and the coffin was closed, people saw a black shadow first appearing on the west side of the sun's disc, and the shadow gradually expanded, and the sun became a crescent moon, and the dim light seemed to be coming at dusk.

"This... this is the day of the dog's eclipse." Outside the mountain mausoleum, when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the royal family accompanied Yang Jian to pay homage to Empress Dugu for the last time, a minister suddenly exclaimed.

When everyone heard the sound and looked up, their faces changed drastically.

Yang Guang's face was so gloomy that he could drip water. At the same time, he was secretly lucky that he had known in advance and made some preparations, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"Hurry up, it's the vicious dog Shiri that Mulian's mother has turned into. Everyone hastened to beat gongs and drums and make noises with utensils around them, so that the dog will spit out the sun that day." A minister shouted in panic .

In fact, without waiting for the ministers to shout, the officers, soldiers, servants, and petty officials inside and outside the mountain have spontaneously made noises in various ways, bravely "fighting" with the tengu transformed by the mother of eyes.

Inside and outside the capital, as long as the total solar eclipse is within the range, the local officials and common people react faster, holding various pots and pans, burning firecrackers, and shouting at the sun that has completely turned black shouted.

When the total solar eclipse occurs, it has actually become a custom for the common people to make various noises to drive away the dog and save the sun.

But for the imperial court and the royal family, if this kind of thing happened at some special time, it would be extended to state affairs.

The ministers of the Chinese feudal dynasty seem to have a talent for linking the vision of heaven and earth with the emperor, queen, and state affairs. The sun in the sky has not been completely blacked out, and the total solar eclipse has not yet fully occurred. Some ministers have already linked the appearance of the total solar eclipse with today's empress's burial, and it is definitely not a good word. After all, it is not a good sign that the dog eats the sun.

It didn't take long before the sky turned completely dark, like nightfall, stars appeared in the sky, the temperature dropped rapidly, birds returned to their nests one after another, chickens and ducks hurried back to their nests... It was like the end of the world. The people who experienced the total solar eclipse felt inexplicable panic in their hearts.

Nearly half of the civil and military officials at the scene looked at the sky for a while, and for a while they looked at the huge coffin half buried by Empress Dugu. But some officials stared at Yang Guang, as if they were waiting to cooperate with him.

After a few minutes, the western edge of the sun began to show a gleam of light, as if morning had come, and at the same time, **** and birds sang, until the sun gradually came back, and the whole land became a joyful world again.