golden scales

() In the heart of the Ming Empire, a group of top skilled craftsmen gathered in the world.They can get gifts unimaginable by ordinary craftsmen, and they may be thrown into the abyss accidentally, so everyone works extremely seriously and responsibly.Coupled with the three or five supervisions overhead, everyone's eyes widened, and no one dared to be sloppy in the slightest.

Chongzhen got up at five o'clock as usual, and the four maids came in with the purple gold basins they had always prepared to wash up.

Each of the four golden basins has its own use.The gold basin with a diameter of two feet is used for washing hands, and the one with a diameter of one foot is used for gargling.Wash your face with a large gold basin four feet in diameter.Finally, wash your hands again, using one with a diameter of one foot and five inches.After washing, it is time to comb your hair.

After the emperor finished his hair, he had to dress up and pay homage to heaven, and then he changed into casual clothes and prepared breakfast.

After Chongzhen changed into casual clothes, the court ladies handed over tea and snacks.Because the queen is coming to eat together today, and it takes time to upload the meal, His Majesty the emperor is likely to be hungry, so he must eat snacks first.

Chongzhen had some refreshments, and the palace servants in charge had almost prepared breakfast. Just waiting for the music to play, the emperor went to the nave to prepare for breakfast.Although Chongzhen withdrew the music played for meals on weekdays in order to save money, ritual music is also an order in the palace, and even if you try to abolish it, you can't do it.

The queen is also coming today, so there are two tables in the nave.

Chongzhen walked to his imperial case, and saw the prince's new book on the imperial case before he landed.This is also the prerogative of the prince, and other words have to wait for the emperor to finish his meal, and then he can only submit it in the Wuying Hall or Wenhua Hall.

The emperor spread his clothes and sat down, flipping through two pages casually, his face froze immediately.

"Where is the prince?" Chongzhen asked aloud.

"Go back to the emperor," the eunuch who accompanied him hurriedly stepped forward, "His Royal Highness just went to the Hall of Renshou to pay his respects to Mrs. Zhang, and was given a meal."

"Call him here." Chongzhen moved the book closer, and the smell of fresh ink tickled his nose.

This book "Epidemic Prevention" is the new work of the prince, and there are not many pictures in it, and it is not as obscure as the previous "Physics" and "Chemistry".However, the book clearly explained the source of the disease, and also listed how to prevent and control it one by one, making people unconvinced.

What really worried Chongzhen was that in the opening introduction, the prince said that this epidemic caused a three-year-old epidemic in Europa 300 years ago, and 500 million people died of the disease. According to the population of Europa at that time, almost One in every three people.

Daming has experienced floods and droughts since the reign of Tianqi, and various disasters have continued. If such a major epidemic occurs again... Chongzhen is almost desperate.

Zhu Cihong did not take the initiative to submit the letter to Chongzhen, because Chongzhen had not yet ordered him to go out to appease the army.However, he was not surprised that Chongzhen could see the sample booklet so soon. This was also the rule in the palace, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies would never even print a sample booklet in large quantities without handing over the sample booklet to the emperor for review.

After bidding farewell to his aunt, Zhu Cihong stepped out of the Hall of Renshou, looked at the cloudy sky, and said to the little eunuch who came to deliver the oral instruction: "You go and inform Tang Ruowang of Qin Tianjian, and let him wait for the transmission."

The little eunuch didn't dare to disobey his orders, so he quickly bowed and retreated.

Zhu Cihong took his East Palace guards and accompanying eunuchs to the nave of Qianqing Palace on foot.Although the prince has the right to ride in a chariot, he prefers to walk, which is faster.When he walked to the gate of Qianqing Palace, he happened to meet the Queen's Luanjia, so he naturally had to go forward to salute, and went in with his mother.

The inner palace supervisor quickly prepared the table and meals for the prince, as if everything had been arranged long ago.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong thought to himself: If Daming's administrative system can be as efficient and rigorous as that of the Inner Palace, there might be no chance for Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others to stand out.

"Did Your Majesty sleep peacefully last night?" Zhu Cihong asked for peace.

"An." Chongzhen pointed to the dining table: "Sit."

Zhu Cihong sat at the bottom of his parents' table, with a table of various breakfasts piled up in front of him.He has long wanted to change this buffet-style breakfast into a pre-ordered dish, so that he can at least save the general meal cost.Although these food will be given to other palace people, it is not a waste, but the pancakes eaten by the Tian family and the pancakes eaten by ordinary palace people are several times different in cost!

Since he had already greeted his mother good morning, Zhu Cihong didn't need to say hello to Queen Zhou anymore.He looked at the "Epidemic Prevention Theory" in Chongzhen's hand, and knew that he had guessed right again.

"Prince, the Black Death you are talking about is the current plague in the capital?" Chongzhen asked.

"Father, the pimple plague that is prevalent in the capital today is actually the Black Death, that is, the plague." Zhu Cihong had already prepared a draft on the way here, and answered ten questions: "The fleas carried by rats spread to humans. The patient will have bumps in the groin, armpit, and side of the neck, and will be sick for two to eight days, and will die within four hours once the onset of the disease, often accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms."

After Zhou Hou heard it, the chopsticks he had just lifted were as heavy as a thousand weights, and when he slapped them on the table, he felt a little nauseous.

——This son knows everything and knows nothing!Can't we wait until after breakfast to talk about these things!

Zhou Hou took a deep breath.

Chongzhen no longer had the slightest urge to eat, and he didn't see any crime, so he asked again: "Is it the same for the Black Death that happened in Europa?"

"Because many of the dead were covered in blackness, Europeans called it the Black Death." Zhu Cihong said, "As for the number of dead, you can consult Tang Ruowang from Germany."

"Go pass on Tang Ruowang." Chongzhen has always acted vigorously and resolutely.

While waiting for witnesses, Chongzhen asked about the mode of transmission of the plague and the observation of the germs.

"Because of the microscope," Zhu Cihong said simply, "therefore, I know that although there are mountains as big as Mount Tai, there are also microscopic dust, and there are bacteria even smaller than dust."

Chongzhen nodded.He knew about this little invention of the prince, and he himself had seen the veins of plant leaves with that simple microscope.At that time, the prince was still a very modest person. He said that it was made according to "Theory of Yuanjing" submitted by Tang Ruowang in the second year of Chongzhen.

In fact, even Tang Ruowang did not expect that a six-year-old child could make a microscope.

Although this thing was invented by the Dutch 40 years ago.

——It’s no wonder the prince is so confident to go out to relieve the disaster. It turns out that he already knows himself and the enemy.

Chongzhen thought to himself.

But he didn't know that Zhu Cihong would never actually go looking for a specimen of Yersinia pestis.

In this era without antibiotics, getting infected with the plague is basically a dead end.He is not willing to take the risk of bringing this virulent infectious disease to himself for the benefit of all mankind.And although his microscope was a great shock, it was not enough to observe such tiny organisms as bacteria.

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