Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 207 What I Like

When an official left office in ancient times, if he did well, the local people, mainly the local squires, would present them with Wanmin Umbrellas.

Later, whenever an official leaves office, this form must go through.Naturally, there will be good squires who will "represent" the local people and deliver the Ten Thousand People's Umbrella, or even simply let the local officials direct and act one themselves.Otherwise, it would be unjustifiable without the Wanmin Umbrella.

But this time Zhang Yifan left office in Xiangshan County. He left office under the eyes of the emperor and civil and military officials. Everyone was watching.

There is no Wanmin Umbrella, even Zhang Yifan has been by the emperor's side all the time, and he has not bid farewell to the people of Xiangshan County.

As a result, the people in Xiangshan County and even the people in the east of Guangzhou, including Panyu, Dongguan and other places, came to hear the news, knelt and cried to say goodbye, stretching for dozens of miles.

This scene really shocked Zhu Yuanzhang and the civil and military officials who followed him!
This kind of scene cannot be faked!At a glance, the people kneeling by the river, men and women, old and young, could see their expressions.

One, two, or dozens of people can still fake it. How can these nearly millions of people fake it?

The shocking scene made the civil and military officials who returned to the capital look on silently.

After visiting Xiangshan County, they can probably understand why so many people are reluctant to leave their prince-in-law.

If it weren't for the son-in-law, the living conditions of the people here would never have become so good, and it would be impossible for this place to be so prosperous!
The benefits brought by the Prince Consort to Xiangshan County and the people around Xiangshan County are reflected in all aspects.There are no such good officials, especially such capable ones, in history!
Let me ask, who is willing to leave such a good official?

Sometimes, the communication of emotions can be contagious.This is especially true when conveying some intense emotions, such as the shocking scene in front of you.

Maybe some people usually ignore people's hearts and regard others as nothing; but in the face of such a shocking scene, their souls will definitely be touched.

This is the affirmation of millions of people, and it is the purest and most flawless affirmation. No matter who you are, whether you are loyal or traitorous, who wouldn’t want to be affirmed by so many people?

However, it is too difficult to get sincere affirmation from others, let alone the affirmation from so many people!
After witnessing this scene, many officials secretly sighed inwardly. When they reach this level of officialdom, their journey in this world is really worth it.It will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books of future generations.At least in local chronicles, it is absolutely indispensable.

Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally shocked and said to Zhang Yifan who was accompanying him: "I still underestimate the contribution you have made here. A marquis is still too little."

Zhang Yifan listened and replied seriously: "Father, I am actually just doing my duty well. As an official, if I cannot benefit one party with my ability, how can I live up to my father's trust?"

"I was originally an orphan, raised by the folks in Liujia Village, and valued by Jing Jing, my fourth brother, and my sister-in-law. Only then did I stand out and be appointed as my consort by my father. The achievements I have made today are all due to you and others. The results of the support from behind, a Marquis has made me sincerely frightened. If I really want to talk about credit, this is definitely not my alone. I think Jing Jing, my father, the eldest brother, and the fourth brother have the greatest credit. I just stood in front."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect him to say such a thing, and he looked a little surprised. After being stunned for a while, he said with emotion: "If you know how to be grateful, you will never go wrong!"

Having said this, he looked at his sons and said, "From now on, you and Yifan should walk around more, do you hear me?"

"Yes, Father!" Several princes listened and answered together.

As for what they are thinking in their hearts, I am afraid only they themselves know.

As they traveled northward, the princes did have some differences.

Because Zhu Jingjing was pregnant, Zhang Yifan spent most of the time with Zhu Jingjing.The other princes went over to see it once, and then disappeared.

On the other hand, the former King of Wu, Zhu Ju, who has now been renamed King of Zhou, had a good relationship with them and moved around a lot.

When Zhu Jingjing's biological mother, Concubine Sun Guifei, died, because she had no biological son, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Xi to serve as a loving mother and be beheaded for three years before the funeral.It was also for this reason that Zhu Jingjing and Zhang Yifan got closer to this fifth brother when they were still in the capital.

Along the way, Zhang Yifan could see that Zhu Rui seemed to be getting closer to the two of them.You can probably guess that he saw the prosperity of Xiangshan County and the farewell of the people of Xiangshan, which shocked him even more.

On this day, he got into Zhu Jingjing's carriage again to talk to his sister and brother-in-law.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Xi suddenly looked at Zhang Yifan and asked with a little curiosity: "Brother-in-law, have you ever said before that there are bacteria, viruses, etc. in places that we can't see? We people get sick, and there are a lot of them. This has something to do with it. Is that why you need to disinfect it or something?"

"Huh?" Zhang Yifan couldn't help but feel a little strange when he suddenly mentioned this matter, so he looked at him and said, "Yeah, I mentioned it to my sister-in-law before, what happened?"

Zhu Rui asked with great interest: "Now that you have discovered that smallpox can be cured, do you have any thoughts on other plagues? I always feel that you know a lot, so I want to ask?"

Hearing his question, Zhang Yifan finally remembered that the Zhou king in front of him, Zhu Wei, seemed to have been interested in medicine since he was a child, and believed that medicine could save lives, heal the wounded, and prolong life.

In the original history, Zhu Ji organized some scholars to compile two volumes of the prescription book "Baosheng Yulu", and then started the compilation of Puji Prescription, a masterpiece of prescription science.

In the 22nd year of Hongwu, he was exiled to Yunnan because he left the fiefdom privately.During this period, Zhu Rui learned more about the sufferings of the people and saw that the living environment of local residents was not good, many people were sick, and the lack of medical treatment and medicine was very serious.So he organized Li Bai, a good doctor in his government, to compile the book "Pocket Prescriptions", which is convenient and practical, and "effects of family inheritance".

Thinking about this, Zhang Yifan became interested. At this time, Zhu Rucai was already interested in medicine, which was perfect for training!
So, he replied: "There are many kinds of plagues. If you want to name a specific plague, maybe I can understand a little bit about it!"

After hearing this, Zhu Xi said with great interest: "I heard from my father just now that the Tatars have another epidemic of pimple disease this year. This plague is more serious than smallpox. Basically, as long as you get infected, you will be cured." Alive. I don’t know about this plague, do you understand?”

According to historical records, around the 12th year of Hongwu, the black death occurred many times on the grassland, which further weakened the strength of the Yuan Dynasty.

After Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately understood that the pimple disease was actually the Black Death, also known as the plague.He knew something about this, so he said with a smile: "Don't mention it. I know a little about this, but I don't know how to treat it for the time being, so I didn't mention it."

Zhu Xi was very surprised when he heard this.He originally thought that he would definitely not be able to get anything out of the question, so the reason why he still asked was just a casual question.

Unexpectedly, this brother-in-law actually said he knew something!This unexpected surprise made Zhu Xi overjoyed. He immediately moved closer to Zhang Yifan and asked quickly: "Brother-in-law, tell me, I like to hear it!"

Zhu Jingjing was also very curious, so she looked at her husband and listened to the novel knowledge.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he said with a smile: "This kind of virus should also come from a very small thing. It usually lives in animals like mice. However, they should not be harmful to mice, but they are harmful to humans." There is a fatal hazard.”

"If a person comes into contact with rats, or in a place with many rats, there will be fleas on the rats, which may jump to people and bite them. Then people will also have the virus, which will make people sick. Then, people and If people are not isolated from each other, they will be infected again, which is this kind of plague."

Zhu Huan's eyes widened when he heard this, and he asked in surprise, "Brother-in-law, how do you know this? It's really unbelievable!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan was well prepared and said: "If you observe carefully, you will know that generally when this kind of plague is prevalent, it is because local rats, voles and the like are more prevalent. Or, in other words, there is a famine in a certain place, and people go there. Catching rats and digging food out of rat nests to eat. So I thought about that possibility."

"Is it true?" Zhu Rui said in surprise after hearing this, "I haven't paid attention to these at all."

Zhu Jingjing heard this, and proudly said to the younger brother: "So, your brother-in-law is more knowledgeable than you!" "That is!" Zhu Wei replied without thinking about it.

After all, Zhang Yifan has the buff to solve the smallpox plague and has a certain degree of authority.He also invented birth forceps, which saved many mothers from difficult labor.In recent years, because of this, the Prince Consort's reputation in the capital has been getting better and better.

At this time, Zhu Xi said to Zhang Yifan with great interest: "Brother-in-law, I also looked through the cracks in the window. I can indeed see dust in the air that I can't usually see. But these are dead things, you can tell Bacteria, viruses and other living things, how can you see them? How do you know?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan thought for a moment and asked, "Are you really interested and want to find out about this?"

"Of course!" After hearing this, Zhu Xi replied without thinking, "Sister-in-law, brother-in-law, to be honest, I am not interested in leading troops to fight. Anyway, our Ming Dynasty has no shortage of people to lead troops to fight. But, Think about it, as long as you are a human being, there is a possibility of getting sick. I don’t want to get sick, so I just want to find out what is going on with this illness. That’s what interests me!”

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan smiled and said: "Your idea is good, I support you!"

"Really?" Zhu Xi couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard it, and then he was ecstatic and confirmed to Zhang Yifan, "Brother-in-law, you also think my idea is a good one, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately nodded and affirmed: "Of course, you are right. No matter who you are, no matter how rich or powerful you are, it is possible for you to get sick. You want to find out what causes this illness? What's going on, this is a great merit, it is a good thing for the benefit of the common people and future generations, why don't I support you?"

When Zhu Rucai heard that he was impressed that his brother-in-law, whom even his father often praised, was so sure of his ideas, he felt a little carried away for a moment, so he jumped in the car and hit his head on the roof of the car.

However, he didn't care, just rubbed his head, and then said with a silly smile: "Brother-in-law, you are so good!"

Zhu Jingjing looked at this scene, first smiled for a while, and then reminded: "Fifth brother, it's better not to let the father know, otherwise, the father will be unhappy."

When Zhu Tie heard this, his high mood immediately dropped, as if someone poured cold water on him, and said: "Yes, my father likes to let us lead troops to fight, but I can't arouse any interest in that aspect. !”

Zhang Yifan looked at him, smiled and encouraged him: "Do what you like to do, make achievements and let others notice, then naturally no one can deny your achievements. As long as you have this intention, father I can help you speak to the emperor!"

Zhu Rui's eyes lit up again when he heard this, he looked at Zhang Yifan and said: "Yes, that's right, if he can make so many people cry goodbye like his brother-in-law, then even the father will not be able to deny it, right? "

As he spoke, he seemed to be gearing up, as if he was about to let go and start a big fight.

When Zhang Yifan saw him, he said to him seriously: "But it must be very difficult to achieve that. There will be many difficulties. Will you persevere?"

After hearing what he said, Zhu Xi became serious, nodded seriously and said: "Didn't my brother-in-law just say that, do what you like to do, this is what I like to do, and I will never give up without success! "

At this moment, he seemed to have found the meaning of life.

Zhang Yifan was a little relieved after hearing this, and said to him: "If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. Since you are determined, let me help you and build you some tools for studying medicine later!"

The medical treatment really had to be put on the agenda earlier.

Although it is said that with Zhang Yifan's current status, ordinary diseases can be treated by doctors or imperial doctors at this time, there are still many diseases that doctors of this era cannot cure.If I remember correctly, a few years later, Queen Ma fell ill while sleeping, something that doctors of this era had no cure for.

Therefore, it is still necessary to develop Western medicine in this era.

But in this era, even in Europe, there is no Western medicine at all.In the far west, ancient Greek medicine was still believed in at this time, and it was not until the Renaissance a few hundred years later that ancient Greek medicine was questioned, and thus began to use anatomy and physiology, tissue embryology, biochemistry and molecular biology The science of modern Western medicine as a basic subject, referred to as Western medicine.

To do this, microscopes are indispensable, and chemistry must also develop.The premise for all this is the development of glass.

Therefore, what Zhang Yifan told Zhu Tie was actually to prepare to make glass after returning to the capital this time, so that he could have instruments for various chemical experiments, and by the way, he would make a Hooke microscope, which is the ability of optical microscopes. Instruments to see microorganisms.

When Zhu Zhu heard that his brother-in-law, whom he admired very much, wanted to help him, he immediately became even more happy and asked quickly: "Brother-in-law, what kind of tool is this?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan said nothing for the time being: "After I return to the capital, I will tell you about it after I make it!"

When Zhu Zhu heard this, he was a little disappointed, but then he became happy again.After all, he has support for his hobbies.Then he chatted with Zhang Yifan about his hobbies and asked some questions.

Most of his questions are similar to One Hundred Thousand Whys?He just raised questions about some phenomena, but the Chinese medicine explanation made him a little dissatisfied. He always felt that it was too mysterious and he couldn't understand it.

After listening to this, Zhang Yifan suddenly said to Zhu Xi: "Since you have these questions, why don't you try it and find out why? For example, what is the structure of the human body like and where? What disease has occurred and what will be its manifestations?”

Zhu Rui was stunned for a moment, and then said helplessly: "I would like to, but where can I find someone to cut it open and see?"

Even if he is a death row prisoner, his body will be collected by his family after execution, and it will not be his turn to perform an autopsy.

After Zhang Yifan heard this, he reminded him: "Isn't there a war in the north? Isn't the enemy's corpse usable?"

Zhu Rui was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Yes, you can have this!"

Obviously, Zhang Yifan's reminder helped him find an idea.He began to meditate and stopped talking.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he reminded him: "You'd better find a group of experienced doctors to do this with you, otherwise the progress will be too slow if you do it alone."

After hearing this, Zhu Zhu immediately nodded and replied: "I understand, brother-in-law, don't worry, I have several doctors under my command."

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Zhang Yifan, on his side, guided his brother-in-law without any pressure and accompanied his wife to the north.But on Hu Weiyong's side, he looked gloomy all the way and was not in a good mood at all.

Everything in Xiangshan County is enough to prove that the prince-in-law is really a capable minister in governance. This is definitely not justified by just saying how good a county is.

As far as the Prince Consort's level of governance is concerned, no one would doubt that even if the Prince Consort governs a larger place, he would definitely be competent.

When he returns to the capital, how will the emperor arrange his consort?This is why Hu Weiyong is worried.

What he was most worried about was that the emperor put the son-in-law in Zhongshu Province, and set up a position of prime minister, such as upper prime minister, lower prime minister, chief prime minister, etc. Anyway, the emperor has the final say!
If you can put Duke Wei in the position of prime minister, what's so strange about putting a consort in the position of prime minister!

In addition, based on Hu Weiyong's understanding of Emperor Hongwu, he guessed that Emperor Hongwu would make it clear which prime minister would be headed by then, and it might be his consort!
With Xiangshan County having such great achievements, even if Emperor Hongwu announced it, no one would object!
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