First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Jingjing on the side smiled like a flower, but her eyes couldn't hide her envy. Her biological mother died early, and although she was brought up under her mother's knees, she was not the eldest brother's direct sister after all.

Zhu Biao naturally felt it too, so he said with a smile: "Li Qi assisted Xu Yungong in guarding the pass in the north and made a lot of contributions. I heard that he went up to the city wall and shot and killed several Mongolian warriors, which really impressed me. Wen Yun and Wu are worthy of my younger sister."

Zhu Jingjing blushed and couldn't help leaning towards Chang Luohua and said coquettishly, "Brother suddenly said what he did..."

Chang Luohua stretched out his arms to embrace his sister-in-law and said, "Boys should marry at the university and girls should marry at the university. I heard from the queen mother that the Li family is pressing hard."

Li Qi is only a few months younger than Chang Mao, and he should have started a family long ago. However, due to Zhu Jingjing's young age, he dared not even accept a concubine. Now that Li Shanchang is not young, he naturally wants to play tricks on Sun Yiyang every day.

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "That's not in a hurry, Jing'er is not too old, and it won't be too late after a few years of marriage, and I also have to sharpen Li Qi a lot."

Zhu Jingjing was also much happier when she heard the words. Girls in the boudoir love each other a lot, even if they are princesses, especially if her biological mother died young, she hopes to marry a good man and start a family of her own.

As the son of Changsha Prince, Li Qi will at least be a prince of the country in the future, and his literary name is known as Zhilan Yushu. Although Zhu Jingjing has not met him formally, after all, he has made a marriage contract early. The future husband is still looking forward to it.

Zhu Lujian, who was at the side, no longer paid attention to her, and suddenly felt heartbroken, and slammed into Zhu Biao's arms, his small body writhing reluctantly.

After playing happily for more than half an hour, Zhu Jingjing thoughtfully took Zhu Lu's hand and said goodbye, and the two brothers who had been tossed about by their little aunt for a long time finally fell asleep in peace.

Waved to let the nanny take the baby to sleep in the conservatory. Zhu Biao had lunch with his concubine and exchanged information about the northern Xinjiang. Confidence, but Chang Yuchun is not young after all.

After the lunch break, Zhu Biao got up and went to the Hall of Martial Arts. Over there, a group of officials from the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were already discussing the battle report just sent from the front. The war continued for a day, and they had no room to rest.

No matter how soon the battle report is sent to the capital, it will be outdated. What the court can do is to check for gaps and make up for the omissions, and organize logistics supplies according to the battle report to stabilize the battle situation.

After Zhu Biao arrived, all kinds of official documents that needed to be decisively reviewed were handed over, most of which were the dispatch of military supplies. Without the emperor's seal, it was impossible to dispatch. Except for Zhu Yuanzhang, the only one who was qualified to stamp the seal was the prince.

After another two hours of busy work, officials from all the government departments resigned and left one after another. After Zhu Biao drank a cup of tea and took a short break, he called Liu Jinchuan to come over.

The charcoal fire in the Hall of Martial Ying was not extinguished, Zhu Biao took out a few secret notes and looked at it. Under the catastrophe, it is inevitable that there will be people who are corrupt and pervert the law to take advantage of the opportunity. There are cases in several northern state capitals, and Zhu Biao naturally took precautions.

Except for the No. 2 No. 1 Scholar who entered the Hanlin Academy according to the system, the rest of the Jinshi who took the examination were arranged by Zhu Biao to be inserted into the northern state capital as officials in October, in order to see how many of them were upright. Upright, there are a few people who are as light as dust.

After the heavy snowfall, the imperial court not only dispatched food and charcoal fires to the front lines, but also had many cases in various state capitals. Although this would cause the imperial court's food funds to be tight again, Zhu Biao still forced the Ministry of Households to take out his wealth.

This amount is not small, but it is not certain how much will actually fall into the hands of the people, and the roads in the north are not easy to travel, and communication is even more difficult under the heavy snow, many things are covered by the white snowflakes.

Judging from the current reports, the prefectures and counties are okay, at least on the surface, but it is hard to say at the village level. There are not enough people in the localities to distribute government relief from door to door, so the only way is through the village elders. Squires have been like this since ancient times.

The water will be deep here, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, the local gentry are the real emperors, in charge of life and death, honor and disgrace of the people in a village, and basically rely on them to manage the affairs of each household, large and small.

Just relying on this relief, whoever gets more points, who gets less points, or who doesn't make any difference at all, is enough to control the people of the whole village. Even if the amount is not fair, there is nowhere to complain about grievances, and there is no need for the squire to take action. The few households started to do it, and no one wanted to spit out the fat in their mouths.

With this kind of power, a little bit of brains can be safe in the fish and meat village, not to mention that the power held by the squires is far more than that, the ordinary people really have no power to resist them, and the laws of the imperial court are no more popular than the village rules and regulations.

Selling children and daughters to sell fields, giving up their wives and daughters for prostitution and pleasure in exchange for a family's livelihood abounds. Some oppression and exploitation, even a man who is not afraid of death or suffering is powerless to resist.

When will the long night end?

The more and more detailed reports Zhu Biao reads, the more he can feel the silent restraint. In a society without strict legal constraints, a person's life is too cheap, so cheap that the life of ordinary people at the bottom is not as good as a plow. Cattle are important.

It is even more difficult to end it. Now that the imperial power is as powerful as a prison, Zhu Biao can attack the vast gentry class today, but the vacancy of grassroots power must be filled by others.

The gentry class has never been a family, but whoever controls this grassroots power is the gentry and landlord. Zhu Biao can't find a substitute.

It is also not feasible to replace veterans. The more elite soldiers are, the more indifferent their human nature is, and the more prone to corruption. If the gentry is still a bit decent, then the soldiers holding power are the real source of disaster.

Don't think too much about the soldiers of today. It's only natural for soldiers to go to battle to kill the enemy. They came by force.

Zhu Biao sighed and put down the secret letter. Although the fundamental problem cannot be solved, those who should be killed still have to be killed. At least it has the effect of killing chickens and monkeys. Most of the crackdown on corruption in the past two years has been within the bureaucratic system, and now it is time to go down to the gentry .

After the beginning of spring, Zhu Biao will take advantage of the imperial court's anti-corruption drive to double the old accounts. The powerful gentry in Yurou Township, the gangsters who do evil, and the deep-rooted gambling houses that force the good to prostitutes must be cleaned up.

I'd rather kill the wrong than let it go, indecision at this time can only be a bad thing, and such a large-scale purge is impossible without tricks in it, Zhu Biao has also taken precautions and awareness, this is also fishing law enforcement, let's see who will be exposed in the end come out.

The old knife in the Duwei Mansion of the left and right relatives has long been rusted, and I am not afraid of doing some dirty work. If it is really necessary, Mao Xiang and other senior officials of the Duwei Mansion will be pushed out afterwards and killed. Sooner or later That's all.

While thinking, the chief of the Kungfu Imperial Hospital walked in and prostrated himself on the ground: "The old minister pays homage to His Royal Highness, Your Highness."

Zhu Biao came back to his senses and waved his hands: "Zhao Yuancheng is exempt from the courtesy, how is the editing of the book, what's the problem?"

Zhao Yuancheng has white beard and hair, but his complexion is ruddy and tender, and he has a reassuring temperament. He got up unhurriedly and replied: "His Royal Highness, I have led a group of imperial doctors from the imperial hospital, as well as famous doctors from various pharmacies in the capital. We jointly archaeological evidence to distinguish doubts and errors, citing 283 medical books..."

Zhu Biao listened carefully, but after all, it was not his field of expertise, so he just listened to the general idea. This is what he ordered Tai Hospital to do after returning from Shaanxi and Gansu, compiling a medical book.

In fact, not only medical books, but also craftsmen and agriculture are in preparation. As early as last year, the Imperial Academy said that after the Song and Yuan wars, classic works inherited from all walks of life were lost. I hope the court will collect and preserve them as soon as possible.

But at that time, the imperial court had no leisure time, and Lao Zhu didn't care too much about it, but Zhu Biao remembered it in his heart. Neither "Compendium of Materia Medica" nor "Tiangong Kaiwu" appeared. The author was born very early.

Zhu Biao has changed a lot subtly, and the impact on future generations will be even greater. In this way, it is not certain whether those characters will be born or not, let alone perform deeds in accordance with the original historical rules.

Therefore, Zhu Biao simply used the power of the imperial court to do this matter directly. It should be better to work together. Zhu Biao gave priority to the medical field because there are more diseases and fewer doctors today, and there are many mistakes in ancient herbal books. Or where there is a contradiction.

For example, the drug Polygala, Tao Hongjing, a famous medical scientist in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, said that it was a small grass, like ephedra, but with green color and white flowers. Ma Zhi in Song Dynasty thought it was like Daqing, and laughed at Tao Hongjing for not knowing Polygala, and it was like a medicine for dog spines. , some say it resembles a 萆薢, some say it resembles a plucked 葜, and some say it resembles a guanzhong, and the opinions are very inconsistent.

Therefore, Zhu Biao not only asked the Taiyuan Hospital to be responsible, but also forced them to discuss with famous doctors in the private sector, and asked the local state government to recommend and escort the most outstanding famous doctors from all over the country to Beijing. Draw a pattern.

After Yuancheng finished talking about the progress of the big question, Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Everyone has worked hard, but you must not be negligent. I don't want quick success but detailed information. All the secret recipes presented by each family are allowed to write their names in the book. For future generations to look up to, such a famous name in history..."

Zhu Biao is best at painting big cakes. Doctors are basically not too poor, especially those who can participate in the compilation of this book are famous doctors in the world. They may not be wealthy, but at least they are well-fed.

These people are not too young, and basically have no need for fame and fortune in the present world, but it is different to stay famous in history. As Zhu Biao invests more and more resources, and he is busy with his busy schedule Taking the time to inquire, let them know that His Royal Highness is really planning to let them compile a medical book that will definitely leave a strong mark in medical history.

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