After Zhang Zhou finished speaking, Zhu Youtang had not yet made any comment, but Dai Yi and Xiao Jing on the side reacted more strongly.
Dai Yi hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhang, if you have such a good remedy, please come up with it as soon as possible. This is a matter of great concern to the country and the country."
This seems to be expressing to Zhu Youtang.
Your Majesty, if you are embarrassed to say something, let us slaves say it for you. If you are embarrassed to ask for medicine, we will ask for it for you.
"What are you in a hurry for?" Zhu Youtang rolled his eyes at Dai Yi, then winked at Mou Bin and others, and Mou Bin quickly led people downstairs.
When it comes to important events such as the emperor's birth, Jin Yiwei is not qualified to attend.
"Bingkuan, I am willing to listen to what you think. But don't force it. I know my physical condition. I have indeed been worse than before in the past few years."
It seems that Zhu Youtang is not very confident about giving birth to a son.
Zhang Zhou nodded.
He felt even more confident.
This involves several premises for him to propose this matter.
The most important point is that the emperor cannot be held accountable because his so-called "cure" is ineffective.
Not to mention the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, even in later generations, it is impossible to say that any disease can be cured by medicine. The most important principle in treating the emperor's disease is that no fault is a merit.
If no work is done, then who would dare to diagnose and treat it?
This is also the reason why several generations of emperors in the Ming Dynasty had medical accidents.
"The medicine given by me is just to help His Majesty and the Queen."
Zhang Zhou is relatively straightforward.
Zhu Youtang said: "Previously, the Taiyuan Hospital also prescribed medicine for me, but it had little effect. Then... alas! Just don't mention it!"
Not only Zhang Zhou knows what happened next, but Li Guang must have administered the medicine later, and the effect was "excellent."
But Li Guang's medicine only solves the "standard" problem and does not cure the "root cause".
If it only has hardness but no quality, is that possible?
If a man is just a man, but he doesn't produce seeds, he is no different from a mule.
"Your Majesty, my prescription may be different from what the Imperial Hospital provides," Zhang Zhou said.
"oh?"
Zhu Youtang became interested.
Dai Yi smiled and asked: "Mr. Zhang, do you want to make elixirs?"
Zhang Zhou looked over, and Dai Yi's smile was full of expectation, but it was also obviously filled with hidden worries.
This is probably the reason why the palace people love and hate him. They want him to share the emperor's worries, but they are also afraid that he will become the second Li Guang...
"Your Majesty, I have always said that I do not know how to make elixirs. Even if I give you prescriptions, I will use medicines that can withstand scrutiny and will not be potentially toxic. Your Majesty can ask people from Tai Hospital to verify this. …”
Zhu Youtang nodded: "I believe you."
It is useless to believe that once Zhang Zhou becomes the second Li Guang and becomes a scholar and becomes an official, he will not be able to play happily with civil officials, and he will not be able to integrate into the circle of scholars at all.
"Then I will turn around and list down what I know for your Majesty's reference."
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Zhang Zhou went directly to make prescriptions without any hurry.
First he needs to confirm a few things...
The first thing is that the brothers Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Xiurong were indeed born to Queen Zhang, rather than as mentioned in "Zheng Wang's Yaoyan", these three children were born to others.
This is to prove that Zhu Youtang and his wife are not infertile. Even if one party is infertile, it will not work.
In Zhang Zhou's day and age, it was almost impossible to treat infertility.
He is not an old Chinese doctor. Besides, old Chinese doctors are just bragging. Is infertility so easy to cure?
Should we give them in vitro fertilization?
The second thing is... to make sure that there were no big problems when Queen Zhang gave birth to Zhu Houwei...
This is to determine the source of the problem, which lies in Zhu Youtang.
This has to mention a book, "Good Friends Gather Experience and Magic Prescriptions" written by a man named Sun Wei during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. The most awesome thing about this book is that it uses folk materials. It has been compiled with many verified prescriptions, focusing on practical rather than theoretical aspects. Many of these prescriptions have been passed down to later generations, so that many popular Chinese medicine preparations in later generations were "developed" based on their prescriptions.
Among them is the ever-famous prescription "Dali Wan".
It can be used by Zhu Youtang.
In addition, there are many prescriptions used by traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in later generations to treat women, including "uterine cold"... This kind of prescription is very common in later generations, and most women will use it when preparing for pregnancy.
Although most of these traditional Chinese medicines have no direct effect, they are still acceptable for long-term conditioning. Anyway, Zhang Zhou has to pay this kind of IQ tax even if he doesn't pay it these days.
What else could be done?
Even if a few more medicines similar to nitroglycerin were refined, it wouldn't be necessary to give birth to a child, and Zhang Zhou couldn't make some kind of little blue pill...
It's rare for the emperor to believe it, so give it a try and you'll be the best. Otherwise, it will be like that.
Li Guang's elixirs have always been fooling people. If it weren't for that fire, wouldn't he have always been favored by the emperor?
If the first two are true.
Zhang Zhou still has a certain degree of confidence, because Zhu Youtang and his wife have given birth to three children. However, due to some factors, their physical condition is not good, but the couple is only 27 or 28 years old now... still in the Peak fertility period.
Why can't you save yourself?
Infertility can be cured, but those who have given birth cannot grow during their peak fertility period?
The main thing is to cure... Your Majesty, your weakness?
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"Bingkuan, I also wanted to talk to you about rebuilding Qingning Palace. The bidding plan you proposed is very good. I went to the Zhang family's residence to see it, and it's hard to explain in words."
There was no in-depth discussion about giving birth.
Zhang Zhou said that he should go back and solve the problem slowly, and Zhu Youtang also knew that he couldn't rush it.
It’s time to talk about “business”.
From Zhu Youtang's words, Zhang Zhou knew how terrible the wood and stone materials purchased by the Zhang brothers were.
We are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but we are afraid of comparing goods.
"You have time to enter the palace. Let Xiao Jing and the others take you to the Qingning Palace to see if there is anything wrong with the reconstruction. Please point it out." Zhu Youtang reminded again and left immediately.
The emperor was in a good mood.
He can improve his physical fitness and have the opportunity to have children. With Zhu Youtang's dependence on others, Zhang Zhou will believe whatever he says now.
"Prepare carefully for the exam. I have also read the poem you wrote today, and it was good. Cheng Minzheng, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, also read it with me. He also praised your talent and good study, but the poetic meaning... I don't want to mention it. I told him I told you to go back and visit him. This will be helpful to you in the coming spring. He will give you some advice."
Any mention?
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, I have now become a thorn in the eyes of some scholars. Are they going to drag me to prison to receive a stick?
"Is it possible that His Majesty wants Bachelor Cheng to be the examiner in the coming spring?"
Zhang Zhou asked directly.
"Huh?" Zhu Youtang frowned.
Zhang Zhou said: "Please forgive me for speaking frankly. Although Bachelor Cheng is very talented and famous, he is too close to ordinary scholars. If he is the examiner of the general examination, he will easily be criticized or even slandered. This time I am competing with others. It’s too much limelight, and it’s easy to be slandered... I’m currently preparing for the exam with peace of mind, but I still don’t visit potential examiners.”
Zhang Zhou clearly told Zhu Youtang that I have been too high-profile recently, so I have to keep a low profile before the audition, so don't come to me if you have any high-profile matters.
Zhu Youtang nodded as if thinking.
Dai Yi asked with a smile: "Did Mr. Zhang extrapolate something else?"
Zhang Zhou said: "There may be some disturbances in the coming spring. I can't say."
Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "It's up to you. As long as you have talent and study, you don't have to worry about where you go. Only people without talent will think about going to work. I'm optimistic about you."
"Thank you for your appreciation, Your Majesty."
"I'm leaving. Don't take the matter between the prince and your son to heart today. I feel that your son has a strong spirit and he will have the same future as you in the future."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary."
"Um."
Zhu Youtang was in a happy mood. He gained a lot from his trip out of the palace. He not only exercised his body, but also saw all kinds of things in the market. He also got potential opportunities to have children from Zhang Zhou.
He left satisfied.
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In an inn in Huanghuafang in the east of the capital, Tang Yin had set up an arena early, waiting for Zhang Zhou to come and compete with him.
He thought of various strategies.
But he waited until the inn was as deserted as tea and even the onlookers had left, then he waited for Xu Jing, who had gone out to inquire about the news, to come back.
I am also waiting to come back with a poem composed on the spot by Zhang Zhou in a literary competition.
"Brother Bohu, this is the poem Zhang Zhou wrote in front of everyone outside Beiyong. I have read the words. It is not Taige. It is vigorous and powerful. In terms of calligraphy alone, it is still somewhat capable. In the absence of results He walked away before. This man was extremely wild and received a lot of criticism. I brought the poem back specifically for you to comment on."
Xu Jing placed the copied poem in front of Tang Yin.
Tang Yin read through it and his expression became worse and worse.
"What do you think?" Xu Jing asked.
Tang Yin covered the paper and said coldly: "I said his writing was poor. Do you believe it?"
Xu Jing smiled bitterly: "Bohu, no matter what, I am always on your side, no matter whether he is okay or not. Why don't we meet the real chapter next spring?"
Tang Yin stood up and said: "My family is backward in social status. I have thought about planting a peach blossom in Gusu. Even after I was in the Yuan Dynasty, I also thought about being able to be ranked high in the gold list in the future and take care of things after I retired from the court." There is a peach garden, where there are chatting and laughing, there are famous scholars coming and going, but there are no white people, but for some reason, what he writes is the future that I have been thinking about."
"What?"
Xu Jing was surprised.
I can understand Tang Yin's evaluation of whether this poem is good or bad. But you actually said that he copied what you had in mind?
Even you, Tang Yin, don't play according to the routine.
"He...he copied you? Bohu, have you written before?" Xu Jing was also confused.
"I have never put my thoughts into writing." Tang Yin then became depressed.
"In other words, he didn't know it from you, so he probably has the same ambition as you, and you two feel sympathy for each other."
Tang Yin was so proud and arrogant that he immediately looked at each other sharply.
Xu Jing could only smile bitterly.
Isn’t that what you, Tang Yin, mean? Why are you staring at me?
"Bohu, let's not mention this unpleasant matter. I made an appointment with a few Juzi from Huguang. They are famous among the local scholars. After competing with them, I met some friends to drink together. I heard that there are a group of singers from the south in the Jiaofang Division, many of them are officials' relatives, and many of them have been studying poetry and calligraphy since childhood, which is just right for you."
Xu Jing's family had a great business and was very generous. He was Tang Yin's financial sponsor on the way north. Xu Jing was basically responsible for Tang Yin's expenses in the capital.
Tang Yin said: "I won't go."
"you……"
Xu Jing wondered, even if you are unhappy, you can't hold it in, right? Yesterday, we were all dressed up and talking and laughing, but today we have to hide in the inn and be a doormat?
Tang Yin looked unwilling to be outdone: "I want to prepare and go to meet this Zhang Zhou!"
Xu Jing advised: "Bohu, why are you paying attention to him? He doesn't dare to compare with you. He is naturally afraid of being compared with you. If he doesn't give you a chance, you won't get a good result even if you come here. Besides, he's like this A wild person has long been the target of public criticism, and even if you don't go, there will still be a lot of people looking for trouble for him."
Tang Yin looked like he was the only one in the world, and said: "Without this poem, I wouldn't have paid any attention to it. But there is absolutely no room for two identical people in the world! Even if there are no good results, I still have to go and read it." He can’t!”
(End of chapter)
