Chapter 12 Please drink the poison! Wei Zhongxian executes!

   Zhu Youxiao told Ye Xianggao and others about Zhang Gui's statement that the cinnabar in the Forbidden City was poisonous.

  Ye Xianggao soon realized that if what Zhang Gui said was true, the emperor would have to move out of the Forbidden City, and this meant that the etiquette system that the emperor should live in the world and cannot be tampered with will be destroyed!

   And once the ritual system is destroyed, the scholar-officials can no longer control the emperor with the ritual system!

  So, Ye Xianggao immediately vetoed it: "Your Majesty, what Uncle Guo said is not credible! Cinnabar is a thing to ward off evil spirits, and there will be no poisonous gas."

  Wang An also helped and said: "My lord, cinnabar is indeed a thing to ward off evil spirits, and what Uncle Guo said is indeed a bit absurd."

  Another cabinet minister, Liu Yixiu, even directly participated in the impeachment of Zhang Gui: "Your Majesty, Uncle Guo is deliberately misleading you to disrupt the court etiquette, and has ulterior motives. Please punish him severely!"

   "Your Majesty, I am not lying. The cinnabar in the Forbidden City is indeed poisonous."

  At this time, Zhang Gui had come to the imperial court by order, and heard the words of Ye Xianggao and others.

  If it wasn't for Ke's doctor, he really wouldn't have remembered a research material he had seen in his previous life.

   And that article mentioned that the newly built buildings in the Forbidden City would produce toxic gas due to the application of a large amount of cinnabar.

It is also because of this that the emperors of the Qing Dynasty in history lived in Yuanmingyuan before the Yuanmingyuan was burned, so they lived longer and their children were not cut off. But since the Yuanmingyuan was burned, the emperors began to live in the Forbidden City. At the beginning, these Qing emperors had no heirs.

   Of course, this is just a way of saying.

   Not necessarily quite right.

  But what Zhang Gui can be sure of is that the cinnabar used in the Forbidden City is indeed poisonous, especially when it has just been repaired.

  Of course, most buildings will emit various poisonous gases when they are just repaired, such as mercury vapor, formaldehyde, benzene and so on.

  Unfortunately, the reconstruction of the three main halls of the current imperial palace is underway, and the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace have only recently been repainted.

  So, in order for the Emperor Tianqi to last longer, at least his future nephew will not die early due to the harm of these poisonous gases, which will affect his future interests. Zhang Gui knows that he must raise the issue of cinnabar poisonous now.

   "Your Majesty, Uncle Guo, this is absolutely nonsense! Cinnabar is known to ward off evil spirits, so how can it be poisonous?!"

   Liu Yixuan immediately refuted it.

   "Show off your mother."

   "Do you understand science!"

  Zhang Gui took a look at Liu Yixuan, cursed a few words in his heart, and then played to Tianqi: "Your Majesty only needs to do two experiments to prove that what I said is true."

   Seeing Zhang Gui's tone so determined, Tian Qi also believed it a little bit, and said, "It's okay to try, what are you going to do?"

  Zhang Gui said: "Your Majesty, as long as the ministers do this, the ministers will go back to get the equipment and materials. Please also send Eunuch Wei to help the ministers to fetch them together."

"allow!"

   Tianqi replied.

   "Your Majesty! If Uncle Guo fails to prove that the buildings in the palace are poisonous, please kill Uncle Guo!"

   Liu Yixuan suddenly proposed another sentence.

   "Why?"

   Apocalypse asked.

Liu Yixiu replied: "Uncle Guo's move has ulterior motives and is suspected of confusing the emperor and disobeying etiquette. If he is not severely punished, everyone may imitate this behavior in the future and disrupt the world's etiquette system! If no punishment is imposed, the world may be in chaos! "

   Tian Qi looked at Ye Xianggao again, and asked, "Yuanfu, what do you think?"

Ye Xianggao smiled and said: "If your Majesty really wants to protect Uncle Guo, you shouldn't let him do this. In my humble opinion, it's just nonsense that cinnabar is poisonous. Once Uncle Guo really wants to do this, even If His Majesty does not kill him, the world will find it hard to tolerate him."

Zhang Gui glanced at Ye Xianggao: "The people in the world mentioned by Yuan Fu refer to the scholars in the world. When can the scholars in the world represent the people in the world? Obviously, it is His Majesty who can represent the people in the world. If Your Majesty tolerates his ministers, the people in the world will naturally Tolerate my subordinates!"

   "Scholar is the head of the four peoples!"

   Liu Yixuan wanted to refute Zhang Gui's remarks.

  But Ye Xianggao quietly pulled Liu Yixiu's skirt.

  Liu Yixiu didn't speak any more.

   And Tian Qi only looked at Wei Zhongxian at this time: "Wei Zhongxian, you go with Uncle Guo."

"yes!"

  After the order, Tianqi said: "Everything will be confirmed by the uncle of the country first."

  Zhang Gui took Wei Zhongxian back to the mansion first.

  The mansion of Zhang Gui’s family is a mansion bestowed by Emperor Apocalypse, not far from Miyagi.

  So, soon, Zhang Gui brought the experimental equipment and materials.

  Zhang Gui first asked for orders to go under the palace wall to get some cinnabar, and then dissolved mercury sulfide, the main component of cinnabar, with a homemade sodium sulfide solution.

  In this era, caustic soda and sulfur already existed, and Zhang Gui had already used these substances to prepare a sodium sulfide solution, the purpose of which was to dissolve the mercury sulfide in the cinnabar in the palace.

  After dissolving the cinnabar, Zhang Gui divided the cinnabar solution into two cups.

  He broke an egg first, and began to drop egg whites into a cup of cinnabar-dissolved solution, and stirred.

   Soon, Apocalypse and the ministers discovered that a white solid appeared in the liquid.

   "Look, Your Majesty, these egg whites are solidified and deformed when they encounter cinnabar, as if they were burned by oil. It can be seen that the toxicity of this cinnabar can denature and inactivate egg whites."

  As Zhang Gui said, he used a syringe to take half a tube from another cup of cinnabar solution without egg white, and then injected it into the living mice he had brought.

   Not long after, the alive and kicking mouse fell to the ground and remained motionless.

Zhang Gui continued: "Look, Your Majesty, the poison of this cinnabar can also directly poison the mouse to death. The key minister beat the mouse with only half a tube, but how much cinnabar was smeared all over the palace? After being washed by the rain, it will It dissolves into water vapor and then enters the human body, and people staying in this environment are like being infused with cinnabar poison like this mouse every day."

   "I don't live here anymore!"

   Tianqi immediately replied.

   "Your Majesty! Humans are different from rats. Cinnabar can only destroy eggs and rats, and is harmless to humans! Please don't believe Uncle Guo's rumors, Your Majesty!"

   Liu Yixiu said.

  Zhang Gui argued with reason: "Your Majesty, if Elder Liu Ge still thinks that cinnabar is harmless to people, I ask Your Majesty to give him a drink to prove his words."

   Tian Qi looked at Liu Yixiu coldly: "Yes!"

"this…"

   Liu Yixiu was shocked.

   "Give Liu Qing a glass of cinnabar water!"

   Apocalypse ordered.

  Wang An did not respond, and gave Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs present winks, telling them not to obey the order.

   Tian Qi therefore looked at Wang An coldly: "Wang An, didn't you hear what I said?!"

  Wang An knelt down indifferently and said: "Your Highness, think twice! If the water is non-toxic, it's fine, but if it is really poisonous, it will undoubtedly kill the cabinet ministers, Your Highness!"

  Zhang Gui said: "He himself said that it is harmless to people!"

  Tian Qi followed suit: "That's right! I want you to carry out my will now!"

  Wang An knew that at this time, he could not disappoint Ye Xiang's senior officials, so he shouted again: "My lord! This old slave really can't obey his orders!"

  Ye Xianggao, Liu Yixiu, and the three cabinet ministers of Han Kuang smiled at each other, showing approval in Wang An's eyes.

   Tian Qi looked at Wang An unexpectedly, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and asked, "Wang An, do you know what you are doing?!"

  Wang Andao: "Please take back your order!"

Zhang Gui took a look at Wei Zhongxian, walked over, and asked in a low voice, "How long are you going to wait! If you don't act, I will ask His Majesty to find someone else to do this. Wang Tiqian and Liu Ruoyu, the supervisor of ceremonies, my Ming Dynasty will not Just you eunuchs."

  Wei Zhongxian glanced at Zhang Gui in surprise, then made up his mind, walked quickly, and prostrated himself in front of Tianqi: "My lord, this servant is willing to obey the order!"

  Tian Qi looked at Wei Zhongxian and nodded: "My family is still reliable!"

  Wang An looked at Wei Zhongxian unexpectedly, and was furious in his heart: "Good Wei Zhongxian, you can be the guest of the Hakka family because of the opportunity given to you by our ancestor, how dare you betray our family!"

  At this time, Zhang Gui handed a cup of cinnabar solution to Wei Zhongxian: "Eunuch Wei, please serve Mr. Liu Ge to drink it."

  Wei Zhongxian took the cinnabar solution and walked towards Liu Yixiu.

Seeing this, Liu Yixiu immediately changed his words, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty! I think that there is no need to try again! The safety of the king's father comes first, and even the slightest risk of harming the safety of the holy body is not allowed! Since the uncle of the country Lord has proved that cinnabar may harm His Majesty's holy body, His Majesty and the nobles in the harem should move to another place!"

  (end of this chapter)