There was a happy day between the two of them in the palace.
The happiest person belongs to Mei Mansion.
Although there was a miscarriage last time, it won’t be a miscarriage for both of them this time, right?
However, Mrs. Mei was not in a hurry to announce the good news to Mei Kejia in Hangzhou. The last time she announced the good news, she was disappointed again. This time she just got pregnant, so it would be better to wait and see before talking.
Mei Huaigu had no objection, he agreed.
In fact, the Mei Mansion has been very busy recently. Following the emperor's suggestion, Mei Huaigu found a man named Zuo Zonglu in the academy to help him build a six-story building. This man was young and in his early twenties.
The academy would ask questions every once in a while, and the question embodying mechanics immediately attracted him, and he has since delved into the process of why apples fall.
Although, even the emperor didn't know what he had come up with.
However, Mei's plan to build a six-story building in the capital was indeed somewhat related to what he was studying. In fact, it also raised good practical questions for him.
Later, Zuo Zonglu went to the Ministry of Industry to find a craftsman who specialized in construction. His name was Duan Shirong, who was over fifty years old, and they got it together.
In fact, when it comes to building taller buildings, there are ancient rules to follow in the Ming Dynasty.
"Zizhi Tongjian" records: In December of Xinhai, the fourth year of Chui Gong (688), the Mingtang was completed, named "Wanxiang Temple", and was 294 feet (88 meters) high.
In other words, during the Tang Dynasty, the royal family built a nearly 90-meter-high building in Luoyang, the sacred capital.
So anything is possible.
Of course we can’t talk about structural mechanics at this time;
But based on experience, the ancients knew that if they wanted to build tall buildings, one way was to build extremely large rammed earth foundations.
To put it bluntly, the bottom must be wide to be stable.
This can be derived from long-term practice.
Another method used in Tang Dynasty architecture: Duzhu.
It is symmetrical on both sides, with a large pillar in the middle as a stable overall structure. Although people at that time could not use numerical arguments from a mathematical level, at least the Wanxiang Palace in the Tang Dynasty was built in this way, and there was no problem.
In fact, grand buildings in ancient times often had many thick pillars. People discovered that once a building gets bigger, it needs to bear more weight.
Speaking of which, this matter actually profoundly affected the fate of our nation. Think about it, what if the ancients had not discovered this construction technology...
Without the pillars, how could King Qin walk around them?
In any case, Mei Huaigu has money, Zuo Zonglu and Duan Shirong provide him with 'technical support', the capital is full of men looking for work, plus the official support of the imperial court...
For example, when the imperial court worked hard to solve the housing and education needs of these people, it actually shared the cost of labor, which reduced the cost of living and worries about the future for those who worked.
Under the influence of positive factors from all parties, Mei's six-story, boxy wooden high-rise was erected.
Because a very thick pillar is placed in the middle, it makes the interior space difficult to maneuver, at least it cannot make people feel very spacious as soon as they enter.
Therefore, we had to settle for the next best thing in terms of design. The central space was divided into four equal parts, with one door each in the east, west, and south, and four front desks to welcome guests. The space between the surrounding auxiliary columns and the wall was made into a corridor, along the In the corridor you can find the stairs going up to the second floor.
From the outside, the first floor is the widest and becomes narrower as you go up.
Meihuaigu used this place as an inn.
In addition, because after the sixth floor was built, it was already higher than the height of the palace. In order to save the heads of people on the throne, the sixth floor was not open to the public.
The remaining five floors are equipped with guest rooms of varying grades.
And the name of the inn no longer needed to be used, the emperor changed it to 'Yuezhuang'.
When they opened their doors to do business, some people opened their doors to the poor and some to the rich. Mei Huaigu created such a thing to provide a place for wealthy businessmen traveling to and from the capital.
In addition to wealthy businessmen, there are also children from wealthy families who go to the capital for scientific examinations.
For this reason, the various facilities inside are not comparable to those of ordinary simple inns.
Recently, the capital has been quite crowded. Drafts, imperial examinations, good news... all kinds of things have given rise to a very lively autumn and winter season in the first year of Zhengde.
Yuezhuang officially opened for business on October 10th, which was the first day after the official end of the joint examination, so Yuezhuang was suddenly occupied by the relaxed candidates.
The rest were also ordered by some merchants.
After all, there has never been such a place in the capital.
Zhang Cong, like many people, came here to take a look because he felt the excitement. Anyway, the exam was finished yesterday, and now he can only wait for the results to be released. If he wants to continue studying, he doesn't have enough calmness.
But when he returned to the Zhejiang Guild Hall, he found that the old man he met that day was still reading.
This made him blush a little and feel a little ashamed in his heart.
He originally thought not to bother him, but when he turned around he heard a 'bang'.
Then came the hurried footsteps.
It was Zhang Cong who ran over to help. The old man's books were not put away and fell to the floor.
"...Thank you very much. I can just do it myself."
Zhang Cong said: "It doesn't matter, I'll pick some up for my senior."
"Be careful not to damage the book."
Zhang Cong smiled helplessly, but after taking a closer look, he found that they were all very old, but at the same time very simple books. "Why did the senior take out these books on elementary education?"
The old man sat down with his hands on his waist and explained slowly: "I am getting older. I returned to Zhejiang until Zhengde three years ago before going to Beijing to take the exam. I don't know if my body can support it. So I decided not to go back." "
"But it's not easy to live in Chang'an. Even if you have some food, you can't just sit back and live in vain. It happened that, after hearing about the benevolence of the sage, he wanted to open a private school among the poor people in Nancheng, the capital, so that the students would be exempted from the need to study and the government would provide the money. So I thought, Anyway, the general examination has passed, and I will go to the private school tomorrow to find a place to go."
Zhang Cong understood.
The imperial court indeed had such voices coming out,
Because the private school itself is easy to build, everyone now knows that the imperial court has money.
The question is where to find teachers?
I don't know which smart person gave the emperor an idea, saying that the candidates who failed the exam are the best teachers.
Although they failed the examination, they were still people who passed the provincial examination. So what's the difficulty in educating some children?
While thinking about it, I heard the old man sigh again,
"It's just that my body is already declining. Not only is it a luxury to be on the gold medal list, but it's also not easy to go to a private school. That's why I prepared these many books in order to convince the officials to let me stay."
This was said with some sadness.
But Zhang Cong couldn't do anything to help him. He himself was still a duckweed in the world, and he didn't know where he ended up.
But this old man gave him new feelings.
Maybe, the old man was just like him when he was young.
With nothing to rely on and nothing to rely on, Zhang Cong was afraid of taking the imperial examination again and again. He was afraid that he would fail the test again and again, and that in the end he might not even be able to get into a private school.
Some people are so proud of the spring breeze that they can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day, but this person is Meng Jiao, who has been famous throughout the ages. Who is he?
There are also people who are often guests in the sad autumn of thousands of miles, who have been sick for hundreds of years and come on stage alone. If the poet who is famous all over the world is like this, what can he do?
This night, I didn't sleep again.
He didn't fall asleep until the sun rose.
…
In fact, Kui'er didn't have a good rest last night, she looked a little bad, and her face looked a little haggard.
And she was not good at hiding her thoughts, so the emperor saw it at a glance.
"People's daughter...people's daughter..."
"Doctor Kui'er, just say whatever you need."
"The civilian daughter... wants to remind His Majesty that the two nobles are pregnant and... cannot have sex at this time."
Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth slightly, looking at Kui'er's pure side face as he lowered his head, a fire arose in his heart, and then asked: "Why?"
Kui'er thought to herself: "...why is this happening?"
"Because...because it is recorded in "Minutes of Guangsi": After the seed is seeded, the man must sleep separately and cannot have sex again. If the Qi of Gaiyin moves and leaks, its power to nourish pregnancy will be divided, and its power to consolidate pregnancy will be disturbed."
After saying this, the girl was extremely embarrassed. Under such circumstances, she actually discussed this kind of issue with the emperor.
"Oh..." Zhu Houzhao looked astonished, but seemed a little confused, "However, I did stay overnight last night. I don't know how to count it as friendship, and how to not count it as friendship?"
Kui'er was blinded. She wanted to answer, what kind of behavior is sex?
She couldn't help but look up and saw the emperor curling his lips into a wicked smile. She was immediately shy and couldn't help herself, because at that moment she understood that the emperor knew clearly and was simply making fun of her.
Thinking back to the issue being discussed, how could she still be able to control herself?
In panic, he kowtowed, turned away, and fled.
Zhu Houzhao was left laughing proudly.
Kui'er was a little annoyed. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was the emperor, she would have said the last few words. She looked serious, but she didn't expect it to be so bad! It made her look very ugly and made her whole body feel very uncomfortable.
Xin Hui even gave her a look when she came back.
"What's wrong with this?"
