Zhu Yunwen opened the Datong Urgent Newspaper and saw that it read:
Guo Ying, the general secretary of Tongdu, reported that Shanxi merchants, who had traveled thousands of miles to ensure the safety of their journey north, joined forces with seven major Shanxi merchants and gathered more than 700 camels and more than 400 horses, totaling nearly 2,000 people, and carrying a large amount of salt, iron, silk and other goods.
I know that this trip is not appropriate, but the emperor's orders are on my side, and the time and moon are not waiting for me. It is difficult to ask for instructions. I discussed with Gu Yun, Qianhu of the Security Bureau, and allowed him to leave the customs on September 1st and go north to explore to see the whole picture of East and West Mongolia...
Zhu Yunwen read it twice before putting away the emergency report and looking toward the northwest with worry.
Have the eight major Shanxi merchants joined forces?
This may not be a good thing for Ming Dynasty.
In the history of the Ming Dynasty, behind the Donglin Party was the Jiangnan Consortium, which relied on its strong financial resources to interfere and influence the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang generations seemed to have become the "independent" place of the Jiangnan Consortium.
When financial groups enter politics, it is harmful rather than beneficial.
Although both politics and financial groups eat human blood, politics in most cases is about strategy, bottom line, moderation, and willingness to abide by the rules.
But the consortium does not have these. They are only interested in profit and everything depends on money. As long as they have money, let alone killing a few people, they will betray the country without blinking an eye.
For example, some consortiums can rely on their own advantages to send "drips and drops" of information to the outside world in order to obtain more benefits. They will not consider things other than benefits.
It is difficult to say whether the eight major Shanxi merchants in history sold out to the Ming Dynasty and took refuge in the Qing Dynasty, which accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
But one thing that is certain is that the eight major Shanxi merchants held assets worth hundreds of millions of silver taels, but in the face of the storms of the Ming Dynasty, they chose to remain motionless, without leaving a penny, and allowed them to be destroyed.
But when the Qing people entered the customs, they all knelt down, and the hats of "Imperial Merchant" flew on their heads.
As for why the hat of "Imperial Merchant" is not worn on other people's heads, this is left to people's imagination...
Zhu Yunwen allowed the development of business and allowed business to become stronger and bigger, but he would never allow consortiums to control politics. Although the current business consortia have not yet been formed, and the business structure of the Ming Dynasty has not yet been formed, as a king, he has to consider how to give business Add a cage to this beast.
"It seems that the Commercial Code needs to be revised."
Zhu Yunwen whispered.
"I sent someone to tell Gu Sanshen and asked him to reply to Datong, and then he said: It doesn't matter."
It doesn't matter, it's just two words, but someone needs to travel more than two thousand miles to spread the news.
This was not good in ancient times. Information transmission was too slow, there were no telegraphs, no telephones, and trains and planes could not run. We only relied on people and horses, which was too inefficient.
You can't rush eight hundred miles every day, it will kill both horses and people...
Zhu Yunwen also knew about this problem, but he had no choice. At the moment of the Ming Dynasty, the only feasible solution was to build concrete roads to trade smooth roads for time.
Ma Enhui changed into her regular clothes, looked at Zhu Yunwen who was standing at the door, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, if there are state affairs..."
Zhu Yunwen took Ma Enhui's hand and said easily: "I have already arranged a little matter. I'll give the Queen Mother my blessing and we will leave the palace."
Little things?
Although Ma Enhui didn't know what happened, it was no small matter to be able to expedite the delivery of information from eight hundred miles away.
After walking out of Cining Palace, Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui walked towards Dong'an Gate.
Although Ma's residence is located in the middle city, Ma Enhui's father, Ma Quan, is the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple and is still on duty today. Since he is going home to visit relatives, he must bring his father-in-law with him.
As early as when Zhu Yuanzhang was still King of Wu, he followed the system of the Yuan Dynasty and set up the Xuanhui Courtyard to focus on fine dining. Later, when the Ming Dynasty was founded, Zhu Yuanzhang "de-Yuanhua" changed Xuanhuiyuan into Guanglu Temple.
In the eighth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed Guanglu Temple into Guanglu Division, which was responsible for sacrificial palace meals, festival banquets, banquets for Tibetan envoys, etc. To put it bluntly, it was for palace gatherings, etc.
Establishments that provide food and beverage services.
I don’t know if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to eat meat, but there was not enough meat in the palace. In the 19th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed it to the Bureau of Animal Husbandry. Not only did he have to provide food and drink, but he also had to be responsible for raising a number of pigs and pigs. Game...
It was not until the 30th year of Hongwu that it was restored to Guanglu Temple.
Guanglu Temple is located near the Donghua Gate of the palace city, not far from the cabinet.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the food of the emperor and the concubines in the harem was partly in charge of the Shangshan Supervisor and partly in charge of the Guanglu Temple. There was a certain overlap in the functions of the two.
Ma Quan was the young minister of Guanglu Temple, and it was not his turn to be in charge of cutting and cutting. At this time, he was calculating the cost of "supply" for the kitchen servants in the government office. When he looked up and saw the eunuch next to the emperor coming, he couldn't help but be surprised.
As a result, Ma Quan was absent from work.
After Zhu Yunwen excused himself from the ceremony, he went out of Donghua Gate with Ma Enhui and Ma Quan. When he passed by Taiyuan Hospital, Zhu Yunwen asked, "How is Mrs. Xu's health?"
The lady here is Mrs. Gaoming.
During the Ming Dynasty, the wives of first- and second-rank officials were granted the title of wife. The wives of third-rank officials could be granted the title of Shuren, the fourth-rank officials could be granted the title of Gongren, the fifth-rank officials could be granted the title of Yiren, the sixth-rank officials could be granted the title of Anren, and those of the seventh-rank and lower grades could be granted the title of Ruren.
No title, no title, called a lady.
For example, the common phrase used when picking up people on the street is "This lady, please stay...", which refers to a woman with no taste (official status)...
In the ancient imperial court, except for special years, women were not allowed to enter the court to discuss matters, but they could indeed be officials. Women were given official titles by imperial decree.
Don't think that this is just a false name. Not only can you get a small salary, but it is also a great honor. When the court holds banquets, Mrs. Gaoming can enter the palace.
Although Ma Quan was only a young minister of Guanglu Temple and held a fourth-grade official position, because Ma Enhui was the queen, the imperial court granted her mother Xu the title of first-grade lady.
Ma Quan quickly replied: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Xu is well."
Zhu Yunwen arranged for Shuangxi and said: "Go to Taiyuan Hospital and arrange for someone to ask Dai Yuan to go to the Taoma Mansion. It is always good to see more and take care of him more."
Thank you Ma Quan.
Ma Enhui glanced at Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Yunwen glared at him and said in a low voice: "If you have something to do, don't tell me. Go back and see how I punish you."
"What kind of punishment? Isn't it just those moves?"
After Ma Enhui finished speaking, she suddenly felt something was wrong. She blushed and did not dare to look at Zhu Yunwen.
How pitiful, what I said was scratching my itch...
Zhu Yunwen felt deeply that he had been bullied, and secretly thought that he must suppress this unhealthy trend and increase the punishment.
Although Ma Quan is the head of the state, the front door of Ma's mansion is very deserted. Even the decoration inside the mansion is as simple as an ordinary home.
After hearing the news, Mrs. Xu brought people from the Ma family to see the ceremony.
After the greetings, Zhu Yunwen said with concern: "I heard that Mrs. Xu was not feeling well a few days ago. It was only because of the busy state affairs that I took time to visit. Ambassador Dai, please check Mrs. Xu's pulse."
Mrs. Xu was deeply moved.
According to regulations, the Tai Hospital treats the emperor's family. Ordinary officials do not receive such treatment at all. Even the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government must seek permission from the Tai Hospital if they want to visit the Tai Hospital.
Although Mrs. Xu was a first-class lady and the queen's biological mother, after all, the Ma family had an ordinary family background and was of no importance in the court. Even if she was sick, she could only ask the doctors of the capital to take a look.
Dai Yuanshi was a skilled doctor. After diagnosing her pulse, she asked, "Mrs. Xu is dizzy, weak, and occasionally sweats too much?"
Mrs. Xu nodded in agreement.
Dai Yuanshi thought for a moment and said, "Can I see the doctor's prescription?"
Mrs. Xu sent someone to bring the prescription. Dai Yuanshi put his eyes close to the prescription and frowned at it. Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen took the prescription and said, "I will read it to Dai Yuanshi."
"I dare not accept it."
Dai Yuanshi said quickly.
Zhu
Yun Wen knew that the envoy Dai Yuan was old and his eyesight was probably declining severely, so he said: "It doesn't matter, the prescriptions prescribed by this doctor include Ligusticum chuanxiong, Qianghuo, Duhuo, Fangfeng, Angelica dahurica, Atractylodes, Scutellaria baicalensis, Centipede... "
Before Zhu Yunwen could tell the specific dosage, Ambassador Dai sighed: "Your Majesty, this is a quack doctor."
"quack?"
Zhu Yunwen frowned.
Dai Yuanshi nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "This medicine can cure general headaches and relieve dizziness and headaches. However, it does not treat Mrs. Xu's symptoms. It only cures the head diseases but does not understand the root cause."
Ma Enhui asked worriedly: "What should we do?"
Dai Yuanshi said to Ma Enhui: "Queen, there is no need to worry. Although the prescription is wrong, I haven't taken a few doses of it and it will not affect the general health. According to my diagnosis, Mrs. Xu is just suffering from blood loss and insufficient Qi. Qi stagnation is not a big problem, just boil some syrup every day and it will be cured."
"Syrup? Are you saying Mrs. Xu has hypoglycemia?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Imperial envoy Dai looked at Zhu Yunwen with doubts in his eyes and asked, "Your Majesty, what is hypoglycemia?"
Ma Enhui also looked at Zhu Yunwen with an expectant expression.
Zhu Yunwen smiled indifferently and said: "This is just something I thought of occasionally. Haha, didn't Dai Yuanshi also say that you only need to boil some syrup to recover? Doesn't that mean that the sugar in the human body is low or missing? The reason?"
Dai Yuanshi's eyes lit up and he said with admiration: "What the emperor said is absolutely true. This disease is called hypoglycemia, which is just right. I once heard that two doctors, Kuang Yu and Yu Zhen, said that the emperor has unique insights into medical skills. Now I see Come on, the result is extraordinary.”
Zhu Yunwen smiled unnaturally. He was just showing off, and Chinese medicine was truly profound.
"It can also be seen from this that medical skills require more talents like Dai Yuanshi, otherwise, quack doctors will harm people. On the Imperial College side, please Dai Yuanshi to pay more attention."
Zhu Yunwen shook the prescription seriously.
Dai Yuanshi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the Imperial College Physicians have begun to prepare the "First Medical Canon", "Medical Canon" and "Medical Grand Canon". When the books are completed, they will definitely lead more students to the door of medicine."
Zhu Yunwen said with emotion: "Then there will be envoy Lao Dai and all of you."
After Mr. Dai arranged for Mrs. Xu's attention, he bowed to Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui and left. Before leaving, he said, "Your Majesty, two doctors, Kuang Yu and Yu Zhen, wanted to discuss medical skills with the Emperor again. Is that okay?"
"I will go to the Imperial College another day. Let's discuss it then."
Although Zhu Yunwen didn't know much about medicine, he still wanted to tell these doctors about some basic medical theories, such as bacteria, disinfection, trauma treatment, minor surgeries...
Of course, there was no way to achieve a sterile environment in ancient times, nor did they have sufficient surgical conditions, but there is nothing wrong with more research...
Even if we cannot train brilliant doctors, it would be good to have a few quacks.
"What Compendium of Materia Medica?"
Ma Enhui pulled Zhu Yunwen and asked.
"Ah? How does the Queen know about "Compendium of Materia Medica"?"
Zhu Yunwen was a little surprised. Could it be that Ma Enhui also traveled through time?
Ma Enhui rolled her eyes at Zhu Yunwen and said, "I heard the emperor whisper it..."
Zhu Yunwen was depressed. When did he think of something and say it casually? Could it be that I am also suffering from hypoglycemia and aphasia?
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Mrs. Xu was fine, and Ma Enhui felt much more relaxed. She stayed at Ma's house for lunch. Just halfway through the meal, there were brisk footsteps outside the door.
"Father, mother, the national anthem chosen by the child has been chosen, and it will be reported to the imperial court via the Imperial College tomorrow."
Before anyone arrived, the sound came into the room first.
Zhu Yunwen raised his head and looked at Ma Wenran, who had just entered the door and was stunned on the spot. He couldn't help but smile and said: "What is the national anthem recommended by the uncle? Can you let me hear it first?"
