Chapter 912 The lame prince
In front of Li Shimin, Li Xiu was not very convenient for him to ask about Li Chengqian's leg injuries. After all, in comparison, the injury on the chest and abdomen was the most fatal. However, Li Xiu noticed the injury on Li Chengqian's leg from the beginning. Now Li Chengqian's injury has improved, which makes him unable to wait, so he followed Sun Simiao to ask.
"Why did the prince consort remember to ask about the prince's leg injury?" Sun Simiao was also stunned when he heard Li Xiu's question. After all, in his opinion, although Li Chengqian's leg injury was serious, it was not a fatal injury. Even as a doctor, he mainly focused on Li Chengqian's chest and abdomen injuries during this period.
"This... nothing. I just saw that the prince's legs were bandaged very tightly, and I was worried that His Majesty would be sad, so I didn't ask him. I was planning to inquire with you!" Li Xiu hesitated for a moment and immediately found an excuse.
Sun Simiao didn't doubt Li Xiu's explanation. He thought for a moment before speaking again: "The prince was injured this time. In addition to the fatal chest and abdomen, the most serious one was the fracture on his right leg, and he happened to hurt his ankle. You also know that there are the most bones there. Many bones were broken under the horse's trampling. Even the best bone doctor could not restore these broken bones one by one!"
"Master, what you mean is the prince's feet..." Li Xiu himself also knew medical skills, so he naturally heard what Sun Simiao said at this time. However, when he was halfway through, he couldn't continue to say anything, because this was too cruel for a fifteen-year-old boy.
"Oh, you've guessed it right. Even if the prince survives this time, he may suffer from foot disease in the future!" Changsun Wuji sighed again at this time. Foot disease is just a more elegant statement. Most people prefer to call it disabled or a more straightforward lame man.
"Then... what step can the best situation be restored? Can he walk as usual? Can he not see it on the surface?" Li Xiu was silent for a long time, and finally asked nervously. Foot disease is also divided into many situations. Some of them recover well. As long as you walk slowly, it is generally not easy to see. You can't walk quickly or run, but some of them are more serious, and you may have to use crutches or even wheelchairs.
"This..." Sun Simiao smiled bitterly again when he heard Li Xiu's words. After a while, he shook his head and said, "It is unlikely to return to walking as usual. After all, it is not easy to be able to ensure that you can walk, and your right leg will definitely be affected, so your walking posture will definitely be different from that of ordinary people."
Seeing Sun Simiao shake his head, Li Xiu couldn't help but look gloomy. Even Sun Simiao said it was impossible. It seems that Li Chengqian's walking will be affected in the future. Perhaps compared to life, it seems that it is nothing to be a little lame, but don't forget that Li Chengqian is the prince of the Tang Dynasty and his appearance is also very important. Even if Li Shimin doesn't care, it does not mean that others don't care, nor does it mean that Li Chengqian himself doesn't care.
Especially Li Chengqian is only fifteen years old and is at the age of the strongest self-esteem. If he is lame, even if others dare not look down on him because of his identity, he will inevitably discuss it behind his back. Moreover, Li Chengqian himself will inevitably be suspicious, and even feel that everyone in the world is watching his jokes, which will have an immeasurable impact on his psychology!
In addition, Li Xiu also thought that there was a very bad atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty, that is, he liked to judge people by appearance. Although this is a common problem in the entire human society, even in later generations, he was also judged by appearance, but the Tang Dynasty was the only dynasty that would judge people by appearance. For example, the Tang Dynasty officials had a most basic requirement, that is, their facial features were upright and they did not have to be handsome, but they must not be too ugly. As for disabled people, they were basically unlikely to become officials, because the appearance of officials was the face of the court.
It can be said that from the Emperor to the Civil and Military officials of the Tang Dynasty, almost all of them were handsome, and of course there were also very few ugly people, such as the famous calligrapher Ouyang Xun. This person was so ugly. It is said that at the funeral of Empress Changsun’s death, Xu Jingzong couldn’t help laughing because he saw his appearance, and he was demoted to Li Shimin. From this we can see that Ouyang Xun was ugly, but Ouyang Xun was ugly, but he was extremely talented. Moreover, he was one of Li Yuan’s friends, so he could get rid of the harsh conditions of judging people by his appearance.
Even the officials of the Tang Dynasty had requirements for appearance, not to mention the princes of a country. Even among the royal families of all dynasties, disabled princes generally did not have the potential to become princes. Being a prince like Li Chengqian became disabled is definitely the first case in history, which will definitely put more pressure on Li Chengqian.
Thinking of the above, Li Xiu felt heavy. He asked about Li Chengqian's injuries again. Sun Simiao also answered one by one. Then he said goodbye and left. Li Xiu also personally sent him out of the hall. Speaking of which, because of the monks and Taoist records, many people in Taoism hated him, but Sun Simiao was not in this case. Because he practiced medicine in the folk for many years and had seen many scums in the sect oppressing the people, he also understood the court's crackdown on Buddhism and Taoism.
After seeing Sun Simiao off, Li Xiu took a heavy step back to the hall again, and his mind was full of Li Chengqian's legs. If he remembered correctly, Li Chengqian in history changed his temperament after his legs were fast, so his guess was not groundless. Unfortunately, no one except himself now realizes this problem.
In the next few days, Li Xiu also stayed with Li Shimin to stay by Li Chengqian, so that he could persuade Li Shimin nearby and ask him to take care of his health. Changsun Wuji also came often, but now the government affairs are on him, Fang Xuanling and others, so he can only stay for a while and leave every time.
But it is gratifying that Li Chengqian's health is indeed getting better and he wakes up more and more times, and he gradually recognizes Li Shimin and Li Xiu, which makes everyone overjoyed. Li Shimin finally breathes a sigh of relief. At least he can eat and sleep. After Queen Changsun heard about this news, she even dragged her illness to the East Palace to visit. As a result, the mother and son also hugged their heads and cried bitterly.
Li Chengqian's life was worry-free, which made everyone feel relieved. Li Xiu could finally go home and have a good rest. However, he only had a day off and went to the financial management supervisor to handle official duties the next day. After all, he was not here during this period, and the logistics systems of banks in Luoyang and Chang'an are also being built, so he needs to deal with these.
With Li Chengqian's health recovering, Li Shimin finally began to deal with government affairs. Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others were moved to tears. After all, Li Shimin left government affairs and ignored them, but they were all cheated. For example, Fang Xuanling simply moved the bed to the Shangshu Province, where food and accommodation were all there. As for Du Ruhui's health was not good, but he became tired and sick. Changsun Wuji was also uncomfortable. He lost two circles of weight and his two panda eyes could not survive.
Li Xiu also took the opportunity to report to Li Shimin about the bank building a logistics system. The main reason was that the bank needed a guard force to protect the transportation of materials. Moreover, because most of the transported materials were valuable materials, this guard must be loyal and reliable. The general army could not do it. The only thing that could meet this requirement was the imperial guards, so Li Shimin's consent must be obtained.
After careful consideration of the bank's request, Li Shimin decided to send an imperial guard to the bank. On the one hand, it protects the security of local banks, and on the other hand, it can also help banks transport materials. However, although this imperial guard is nominally under the jurisdiction of the bank, it is actually under the jurisdiction of the North Ya, which is directly under the management of Li Shimin.
Li Xiu didn't care about the ownership of the bank's garrison. Anyway, as long as he listened to his orders, he immediately started to build a bank logistics system after the garrison was assigned to the bank. Speaking of which, in addition to gold, silver, treasures and copper coins, the most important thing for the materials transported by the bank is various account information, such as the account opening information of a customer. If you want to deposit and withdraw from other places, the customer's information must be shared among banks in various places, and it must also be ensured that this information cannot be leaked. Therefore, these require a strict confidentiality and transportation system.
In the next period of time, Li Xiu also focused on the transformation of the bank's garrison. These imperial guards were very good at letting them kill people in wars. However, now the banks do not need them to go to wars and kill people, but they have to do security work. They are also extremely demanding security guards, which are equivalent to security companies in later generations. These are not something that the imperial guards can solve, so Li Xiu must personally reorganize and train them.
Fortunately, Li Xiu still had some prestige in the army. After all, no matter how he participated in the battle to destroy the Turks, his military achievements were solid, and he could subdue the soldiers in the imperial guards. Therefore, the reorganization training of the imperial guards was very smooth. Soon, the first batch of materials sent from Chang'an Bank to Luoyang Bank set off, the most expensive of which were the accounts and customer information.
As the bank's affairs were progressing steadily, Li Chengqian's injuries were getting better day by day, but he didn't know that his feet were disabled. In fact, except for a few people including Li Shimin and Li Xiu, the outside world did not know about this. Even Li Chengqian himself thought that although his legs were broken, he could still be maintained in the future.
However, as time went by, Li Chengqian gradually felt something was wrong. After all, his feet were on him, so he knew the recovery of the injury best. At the beginning, Sun Simiao and others could still use the weather to gradually get colder, so the bone injury recovery was slower as an explanation. However, Li Chengqian became increasingly disbelief of this explanation. Until one day he forced an imperial physician to tell the truth, he realized the fact that he was about to become a lame prince.
Chapter completed!