The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 317 The Ming Dynasty in Zhu Zhu’s Eyes

Zhu Rui's return this time was indeed very low-key. He was so low-key that he handed a sign at the gate of the imperial city asking to enter the palace. Only then did Queen Ma know that her fifth son was back.

The old lady quickly asked someone to welcome him in.

They are not the kind of pretentious people, and there is no scene of crying.

But after all, we haven’t seen each other for more than a year, so it’s indispensable to ask for help.

When Lao Zhu learned that his son was back, he was very dismissive:
"You're back right now, why don't you ask us to greet you in person?"

However, the body was very honest, sending away the courtiers who were in court as quickly as possible, and rushed to Kunning Palace in a hurry.

After meeting, he pretended to be polite and said:

"I'm tanned, but my body looks much stronger than before."

"It seems that you haven't been hiding away to enjoy the blessings for more than a year. We are very happy."

Zhu Ru could only nod. He was naturally afraid of his father, so he didn't dare to talk back.

Queen Ma glared at him angrily, showing off.

I don’t know who is complaining about Lao Wu’s unfilial piety every day, but I don’t know who comes back to check.

But she didn't expose Lao Zhu, so she let him maintain the image of a strict father.

Later, Zhu Biao also got the news and came to visit with Zhu Xiongying and several children.

When the other concubines in the harem learned that King Zhou was back, they naturally had to express their feelings.

Either send someone to visit or come in person. If there are children, let the children come to visit their elder brothers.

Kunning Palace suddenly became lively.

But everyone knew that now was the time for the family to reunite, so they didn't stay too long. They sat for a while and then left in a sensible manner.

After that, the whole family started chatting, mainly Zhu Rui recounted his experiences along the way.

In order to study medical skills, after initially mastering surgical skills, he began to travel around the country.

As for why I wanted to travel across the country...it has to do with the social situation at that time.

Doctors need to practice with a large number of patients in order to improve their experience and skills.

In modern society, with developed transportation, patients are always looking for doctors.

Doctors can just sit at home and wait for patients to come to their homes.

In ancient times, information was limited and transportation was inconvenient. If doctors wanted to improve their medical skills, they could only go out and find patients on their own initiative.

This is why famous doctors in ancient times liked to travel around.

Zhu Ru traveled all over the country for this purpose.

During his travels, he could also communicate with doctors in various places and popularize the simple surgical standards he formulated.

Don’t think that the ancients are too ignorant. The origin of surgery is very early.

It just develops very slowly because of the pain and inflammation issues.

Even so, after thousands of years of development, by the Ming Dynasty, some special surgical tools had been developed among the people.

It was only because of the idea that 'the dead are the most important' that anatomy failed to develop.

Doctors' understanding of the structure of the human body is very general.

Therefore, surgery has never been systematic, and there are no fixed standards.

Zhu Ju filled this gap and taught his medical skills to people all over the world for free.

In this era, teachers are respected and education is valued, and coupled with his status as a prince...

He was hailed as the grandmaster of surgery.

Zhu Zhu naturally did not dare to be called such a person, so he tried his best to explain that all this was taught by the teacher.

If I really want to talk about the ancestor, it should be my master Chen Bandu.

Chen Jingke's name is naturally well known in the medical community.

Books such as "Epidemic Prevention Manual", "Epidemic Disease Theory", and "Insect Prevention Theory" have become popular in Ming Dynasty.

In particular, the proposal of the 'epidemic qi' theory has answered questions about the origin and spread of diseases that have troubled the medical community for thousands of years.

His status in the medical field is directly matched by that of Zhang Zhongjing, Sun Simiao and other miracle doctors.

That is to say, if he is still alive now, when he is gone in the future, his status will definitely be ranked among the top three doctors.

Now that they heard that Zhu Ru was a disciple of Chen Jingke, everyone suddenly realized.

No wonder, no wonder, it’s true that famous teachers make great disciples.

Everything makes sense.

But... don't be modest. Doctor Chen only proposed an idea, and it was you who made it become a reality little by little.

Therefore, you are still the grandmaster in surgery.

Zhu Tong had no choice but to write a letter to apologize to Chen Jingke.

Chen Jingke naturally wouldn't care about this matter.

If you really want to talk about it, he has too many titles and has no interest in competing with his disciples.

What's more, surgery was indeed perfected by Zhu Rui.

So, he wrote back to Zhu Xi and enjoyed the honor.

If you feel embarrassed, then continue to delve deeper into surgery and make yourself worthy of the name.

Only then did Zhu Zhu accept the praise.

But he was not proud at all. Instead, he devoted more attention to researching and promoting medical skills.

At the beginning of last year, he set out for the southwest and visited Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.

If it weren't for the fact that Lao Zhu wants to give the Zen position to Zhu Biao, he will come back to attend the ceremony, and he probably won't come back until next year.

Zhu Ju knew that everyone was not interested in medicine, so he didn't talk much about it.

What is talked about the most is the situation among the people.

"...The people are still not wealthy. Although the court allocated land, the time was too short to resume production."

"Especially for people in remote areas, it is common to rely on wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger."

"Even the people in the wealthy land only eat half grain and half wild vegetables."

"And people's hearts are often unstable..."

First, there is frequent population migration, and people are afraid that one day they will be moved away.

Secondly, policies change frequently, leaving people at a loss as to what to do.

Zhu Biao frowned and said, "The people's concerns in this regard are caused by their insufficient understanding of the New Deal."

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said: "But if we want to let the people fully understand the New Deal, the cost is too high, so we can only try to do it slowly."

"As for the people's concerns...this is called the painful period of change. As long as the people don't resist the New Deal, it won't be a big problem."

Zhu Biao nodded and said nothing more.

This is indeed the truth. If everything has to be explained to the people, nothing will be done.

Zhu Ju did not express his own views. He had no interest in politics. He just stated his own knowledge:

"There is another reason, which I think is the source of people's uneasiness."

“Many places have not implemented the new policies thoroughly and are still using the old policies.”

“There are even officials who misinterpret the New Deal to benefit themselves.”

"Hmph." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "These people all deserve to be killed."

Zhu Biao's expression was not good-looking, but he was not that angry:

"This is expected, and the purpose of deepening innovation is to solve this problem."

"Wait for me...well, I will continue to deepen the reform until the New Deal is spread to every corner."

Then, Zhu Ru talked about a lot of what he saw and heard, some good and some bad.

Generally speaking, the situation in Ming Dynasty is improving day by day.

After hearing this, everyone's mood improved.

After all they have done, it would be too shocking if the Ming Dynasty was still in dilapidated condition.

For Zhu Biao, knowing the grassroots situation of Ming Dynasty from his own brother is naturally more authentic. Combined with Jin Yiwei's investigation, he can have a clearer understanding of the future direction of governance.

It can be summed up in just four words: recuperate and recuperate.
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It was already afternoon when Chen Jingke learned that his apprentice was back.

Today happened to be his day off, so he hid at home and read.

As I was looking at it fascinated, I heard someone say:

"Teacher, you are fine."

Chen Jingke raised his head in confusion. When he saw the person clearly, he said in surprise:

"King Zhou? When did you come back?"

Zhu Xi first greeted him with a courtesy, and then explained: "I just arrived in the capital in the morning. I chatted with my parents for a while, and then came to see you."

Chen Jingke said happily: "Sit down quickly..."

Then he complained: "Hey, Lao Gao, it's true that you didn't notify me so that I could go out to greet you."

The concierge Lao Gao smiled apologetically and said, "Master, you can't blame me. It was King Zhou who didn't let me inform you. How dare I disobey him?"

Zhu Xi also smiled and said: "Teacher, don't blame him. I didn't let him inform you."

"When a disciple comes to the door, there is no reason for the teacher to welcome him."

Chen Jingke took advantage of the situation and said: "It seems that I am stingy. Lao Gao, please go back. Remember to inform me next time."

After Lao Gao left, the master and apprentice began to chat.

It was Zhu Xi who still talked about his experiences along the way, but this time he mainly talked about medical skills.

Which famous doctors have you communicated with, which strange patients have you seen, and what did you learn in the end?

And he also asked for advice on some difficult problems he encountered, such as some strange illnesses.

Chen Jingke gave the answers one by one based on the knowledge he learned in his previous life.

Even if you can't give a definite answer, you will give several directions to judge.

This kind of erudition made Zhu Xi admire him immensely.

In the past, he himself had limited knowledge and thought that Chen Jingke's medical skills were excellent, but he did not know how high they were.

Now he is a famous doctor, and he has traveled around the world to further increase his knowledge.

I know the level of most doctors, and I also know where my own level is.

On the contrary, I can feel more and more that the depth of Chen Jingke's medical knowledge is simply unfathomable.

So he said from the bottom of his heart: "It is really a great loss to the medical community that teachers cannot focus on medicine."

Chen Jingke smiled and said, "That's why I teach you my medical skills. Don't let me down."

Zhu Ru said seriously: "Yes, the disciple will definitely not let the teacher down."

After that, he continued to talk about what he had seen along the way, and unknowingly brought the topic to medical convenience:

"There is a huge shortage of doctors among the people. County towns are a little better. Treatment in rural areas basically depends on witches, gods and men and traveling doctors."

"These people generally have no medical skills and only know some simple knowledge of herbal medicine. Whether the patient can be cured depends on luck."

"People rely on it to survive minor illnesses, and survive on serious illnesses... There are countless tragedies caused by this every year."

"And doctors in each place have completely different knowledge and understanding of medical skills."

“Even two adjacent medical clinics have completely different understandings and treatment methods for the same disease.”

Chen Jingke was very pleased that he finally noticed this problem, so he asked:

"Do you know why this happens?"

Zhu Ju said: "Without communication, each doctor cherishes his own medicine and is unwilling to teach his medical skills to others."

"If everyone can put an end to sectarian opinions like teachers, medical skills will surely develop better."

"The quantity and quality of doctors will make great progress."

Chen Jingke was noncommittal and continued to ask: "Then do you know how to solve this problem?"

Zhu Tong said ashamedly: "This disciple doesn't know, so he came to ask the teacher for advice."

Chen Jingke did not answer his question, but continued to ask:

"What are your plans when you come back this time? When His Highness succeeds to the throne, will you continue to travel?"

Zhu Zhu shook his head and said, "No, I won't go out in the short term."

"I'm going to write a medical book... It can't be called a medical book. It just introduces to the people which weeds can be eaten and how to eat them."

"By the way, I'll take this opportunity to sort out my medical knowledge."

Chen Jingke's heart was shaken, and he thought of herbal medicine for rescuing famines. Will this book be published after going round and round?

On the surface, he pretended to be nonchalant and asked: "Oh? Why write such a book?"

Zhu Rui said with a sad look on his face: "I have been to many places over the years. Even the people in wealthy places live on half grain and half weeds."

“During disaster years, all the roots and bark of trees are eaten up…”

"People in remote areas are the most miserable. Even in good years, they commonly eat wild vegetables."

"I've seen too many people poisoned to death because they didn't know how to identify wild vegetables."

"So I wanted to write a book to summarize edible wild vegetables to give the people some help."

Even though he already knew the reason in history, Chen Jingke was still moved when hearing him tell it personally:

"Okay, okay, okay. I'm very pleased that you have such compassion for others."

"Go ahead, if you need any help from me, just ask."

Zhu Rui was very happy to see that his idea was supported:
"Teacher has profound medical knowledge and is well-informed. He must know many edible wild herbs and vegetables."

"I wonder if I could help you write these things down..."

Chen Jingke thought for a while and said: "Of course it is possible, but many plants are not harmful if eaten in small amounts, but they are poisonous if eaten in large amounts."

"Some plants are poisonous, but they can be eaten if they are prepared properly."

"How specific it is, you need to verify it bit by bit yourself."

Zhu Ju said: "Teacher, don't worry, I will set aside a special piece of land in the palace's manor to plant various wild grasses and vegetables and explore ways to eat them."

Chen Jingke nodded: "This is the best."

He knew the general contents of the herbal medicine for famine relief, and also knew many edible plants.

But I am not ready to tell Zhu Xi directly, or I am not ready to tell him everything.

The reason is very simple: to cultivate Zhu Zhu's ability to engage in scientific research.

Moreover, Zhu Rui has his own small team. This time, he is not only being trained, but also the entire team.

Chen Jingke no longer had the energy to study medical skills, so he could only pin the matter on Zhu Ru.

At this time, Zhu Ru asked the original question again: "Teacher, I wonder if you have a solution to the problem just now?"

Chen Jingke nodded and said, "I have some ideas."

Zhu Xi said in surprise: "I knew you must have a way, but I don't know what it is?"

Chen Jingke said: "The first is to write a medical book, write down common diseases and treatment methods, and promote it to the world."

"As long as local doctors know a little bit about medical skills and can read, they can treat diseases and save people according to medical books."

Zhu Xi kept saying: "This method is good, why didn't I think of it?"

Chen Jingke continued: "Second, open a medical school to teach students, model it on the academy and open a specialized medical school to teach students in batches."

Zhu Rui said hesitantly: "This... medical skill is profound. It has been a master-disciple relationship since ancient times. It may be difficult to master it through such large-scale teaching."

Chen Jingke said: "What we have to solve now is the problem of presence or absence, do you understand?"

"As long as they can take the medicine according to the prescription and treat common diseases, it will be fine."

"As for difficult and complicated diseases... we can select talented students from medical students and follow us to study in depth."

Zhu Ting murmured: "Let's settle whether there is or not first... Settle whether there is or not first... Yeah, why am I confused?"

"What the people lack is not miracle doctors, but doctors who can treat common diseases..."

"Thanks for the teacher's advice, I know what to do."

(End of this chapter)