Chapter 169 Huayuan
Chapter 169 Huayuan

At this time, Liu Lian was only twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old. He was tall, handsome and full of vigor. At such a young age, he had been promoted to the position of Right Councillor of Jiangxi Provincial Government.

As a dignified third-rank official, he was in charge of grain storage, military farming, military affairs, post stations, water conservancy and other matters in Jiangxi Province, and became a veritable local governor.

However, Liu Lian, who was now full of vigor and vitality, would never have imagined that even at this most glorious moment in his life, even Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to train him to become a loyal minister like his father Liu Bowen.

His father died suddenly, and he himself was forced to fall into a well and died because he refused to join Hu Weiyong's faction.

Ye Xuan was riding on his horse, looking at Liu Lian in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh slightly when he thought of his fate in history.

At this time, Liu Lian had already finished greeting Hu Weiyong. He caught a glimpse of more than a dozen Jinyiwei from the corner of his eye and his face changed immediately.

Looking at Hu Weiyong in front of him, he smiled sadly and said, "Prime Minister Hu is really all-powerful. My father has already retired and retired to the countryside, and now he is seriously ill. Will Prime Minister Hu still not let him go?"

Everyone was stunned, and Hu Weiyong raised his eyebrows and almost thought that the wise Liu Bowen had calculated something in advance, so Liu Lian said this.

But when he found that Liu Lian had been looking at Ye Xuan and the others, he suddenly realized what was going on and said with a fake smile: "What are you talking about, nephew? Brother Liu and I have followed Your Majesty all the way to the battles, so how could we harm him?"

Without waiting for Liu Lian to speak, Hu Weiyong pointed at Ye Xuan and said, "If you are referring to these Jinyiwei, then there is no need to do so! Because these people have nothing to do with me, but were sent by His Majesty himself."

Liu Lian thought to himself, of course this person was sent by His Majesty. No matter how powerful you, Hu Weiyong, are, you can't mobilize the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

But you slandered and flattered the superior, and tried to sow discord between His Majesty and my father, causing His Majesty to feel resentful and even going so far as to send the Imperial Guards to arrest you. How can you say that it had nothing to do with you?
This time, Hu Weiyong didn't need to explain himself, as Ye Xuan had already jumped off the horse.

He bowed to Liu Lian and said, "I am Ye Xuan, a captain of the Imperial Guards, and I have been ordered to come and visit Mr. Liu."

"I also know a little bit about medicine. If you don't mind, I might be able to help you a little."

But at this moment, an old man with white hair and a youthful face got off another carriage in Hu Weiyong's convoy, carrying a wooden box and sneering:

"How dare a mere warrior claim that he knows a little bit about medicine? This is simply ridiculous!"

As he said this, he walked in front of the crowd, bowed and said, "I am Hua Yuan, the director of the Imperial Hospital. I am honored to meet Prime Minister Hu and Minister Li!"

When Hua Yuan introduced himself, he didn't even look at Ye Xuan, looking arrogant.

Wang Feihu snorted angrily and was about to step forward to argue but was stopped by Ye Xuan.

Hu Weiyong is here, and it is obvious that he has no good feelings towards the Jinyiwei. If any complications arise, he might be targeted.

Besides, Ye Xuan didn’t care at all whether Hua Yuan was arrogant or rude.

Don't be fooled by this old man's arrogant appearance. In fact, his position in the Imperial Medical Bureau is indeed very impressive.

But that was only in the Imperial Medical Service, a medical institution where even the highest official, the Minister of Medical Affairs, was only of the sixth rank. Hua Yuan, the second-in-command, was only of the sixth rank.

In front of Ye Xuan, he had to call himself a humble official.

If Ye Xuan really wanted to punish him, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future, and there was no need to do it in front of Hu Weiyong and Liu Lian. Instead, it would only cause people to dislike him out of thin air, which was quite unprofitable.

Who told the Jinyiwei to do the job of killing people and confiscating property? They have a natural aura of villains wherever they go.

However, just because Ye Xuan doesn't want to cause trouble doesn't mean Hua Yuan won't cause trouble.

After exchanging pleasantries with Hu Weiyong and the others, Hua Yuan suddenly pointed his finger at Ye Xuan and sneered, "Captain Ye just said that he has some knowledge of medicine, but I wonder who did he learn it from?"

"Tell me about it, maybe I have heard of it before."

Ye Xuan has never been a tolerant person, so since Hua Yuan refused to accept the favor, he couldn't blame himself.

He immediately sneered and said, "Doctor Hua, I am a captain of the Imperial Guards and hold the fifth rank! And you are just a judge of the Imperial Hospital. If I remember correctly, you should be a small sixth rank official, right?"

"But Doctor Hua always calls me old man in front of me, and he doesn't even seem to be convinced by me. Are all the people in the Imperial Hospital ignorant of respect and etiquette?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Hua Yuan became so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. People couldn't help but worry that the old man would be angry to death in the next second.

Although Huayuan was only a sixth-rank judge, the nature of the Imperial Medical Service was clear.

The patients they come into contact with on a daily basis are either the emperor or the empress, or the concubines in the harem. Even concubines of lower status might not be qualified to serve Hua Yuan, the judge of the court.

Since he often comes into contact with nobles in the palace, and because of his profession, most of these nobles will give him some face, he is a person who really has a say in the royal family.

Therefore, on weekdays, even important officials in the court were mostly polite when facing these medical officers, for fear that these doctors would suddenly say something bad about them when taking the emperor's pulse one day, which would be counterproductive.

However, Ye Xuan was merciless and humiliated Hua Yuan so much that he almost died of anger. This changed Liu Lian, who was honest by nature.

If all officials in the world could be so upright and unafraid of power, then the administration of the Ming Dynasty would undoubtedly be much more clean.

However, Hua Yuan was traveling with Hu Weiyong. Although they did not have much friendship, he could not bear to watch Ye Xuan humiliate him like this.

He immediately scolded, "Ye Xuan, although you were appointed by His Majesty himself and can be considered half an imperial envoy, Doctor Huayuan is also quite prestigious in the medical community. How can you be so rude?"

Ye Xuan said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "It's not that I am rude, but the arrogant and domineering behavior of this Imperial Doctor Hua has been seen by the two adults. As a superior, if I don't enlighten him, wouldn't I be harming him?"

This made Liu Lian look at Ye Xuan with new eyes. He originally thought that Ye Xuan was just a little straightforward, but when he saw that he didn't even give Hu Weiyong any face, his evaluation of him was immediately refreshed.

This boy seems to be quite brave!
Hu Weiyong also felt humiliated. As the Left Prime Minister of the Secretariat, he was giving a lecture to a fifth-rank captain. That was giving him face.

If it were an ordinary person who made Hu Weiyong unhappy, he would probably have directly submitted a memorial to the emperor and dismissed him from his post and investigated him.

Seeing the big boss being scolded, Hua Yuan immediately laughed angrily, "What a Jinyiwei captain, what a great official power!"

"No wonder they dared to fabricate charges against Doctor Xu and even confiscated his property and executed him. What a good trick."

(End of this chapter)