Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 27
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, today's morning court is a bit special. This is Zhu Biao's first time hearing politics after becoming the prince.

Because it is necessary to announce the appointment of the prince as an official.

His Majesty the Emperor vetoed the proposal to appoint the crown prince as Zhongshu Ling, and only allowed the officials to serve as part-time officials of the crown prince symbolically, so everyone didn't have much expectations, and just thought it was a formality.

Unexpectedly, there was still an accident.

The appointment list is not too long. Li Shanchang is the young teacher, Xu Da is the young teacher, Chang Yuchun is the young security guard, and so on, this group of part-timers are basically first- and second-rank meritorious ministers.However, to the surprise of most of the officials who did not get the inside information, there was an extra "Shao Zhan Shi" at the end of the list.

You know, before this Shao Zhan's work, the lowest position was also from the second-rank Yushitai to govern the censor.

Besides, this Shao Zhan thing, as expected, was still Zhu Yuan who was unknowingly promoted by His Majesty the Emperor from the Hanlin Zhishi Bachelor to the Hanlin Attendant Bachelor.

Ok.

There have been a lot of strange things recently, and everyone is no stranger to them.

No objection was raised either.

The previous one who found fault has already returned to his hometown sadly, and lost a hereditary replacement.

Furthermore, in addition to the appointment of part-time princes and subordinate officials, during today's court meeting, His Majesty the Emperor also requested that Secretary Shan Anren send someone to find a graphite mine for making new-style stationery charcoal pens, and to promote it.

Up to now, the officials have gradually reacted.

Contacting His Majesty the Emperor's favor for Zhu Yuan, and then thinking about the bold statement of "giving 500 years of Guozuo", it is not difficult to imagine that many unusual things recently have a high probability to be related to the other party.

At the end of the court meeting, all the officials dispersed.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not send the prince away immediately, but took Zhu Biao to the East Pavilion where he worked daily, and taught his eldest son: "Biaoer, don't care about the thoughts of those officials about Zhu Yuan's appointment. You may have heard Regarding Zhu Yuan’s matter, his saying that he will give us 500 years of Guozuo is not a big talk. It’s just a kind of "economics". Huan'er and the others all have to learn from him. He said that the study of economics is enough to stand side by side with the study of etiquette, supporting our Chinese legs. I think the study of economics is ten times more important than those moral etiquettes."

Zhu Biao followed his father respectfully, with curiosity in his eyes, he said seriously: "Father, my son understands."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with satisfaction: "You need to be more patient about Zhu Yuan's matter, and you can't let go of other knowledge. Are you still reading "Zuo Zhuan" recently?"

Zhu Biao nodded, without looking at his father again, he slightly lowered his head and said: "My child has a lot of insights."

Before Zhu Yuanzhang had time to ask his eldest son what he felt after reading those chapters recently, he saw someone from outside the East Pavilion greet him.

One of them was Zhao Xu whom he had just met yesterday.

Noticing Zhao Xu's anxious expression, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to signal the guards to let him come over, stopped Zhao Xu from saluting, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Xudao: "My lord, since... this morning, I suddenly developed a high fever, and I am now unconscious."

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was concerned at first, and then turned to glaring at Zhao Xu with displeasure: "Isn't it just right, why did you get sick again? Then Dai Sanchun, and you, how did you wait for him, and he just lived in Houhu for a few days and fell ill Twice?"

Facing Lao Zhu's stern gaze, Zhao Xu knelt down as soon as his knees softened, not daring to be vague anymore, and carefully described Zhu Yuan's abnormal state and subsequent reaction when He Shou visited yesterday.

When it came to the end, Zhao Xu paused, and added: "The little official was fine before his nap yesterday, and he even arranged for the little one to come over to deliver things to the Lord. The little ones guess... or, or, the little official When I was taking a nap, I was haunted by something. Mr. Dai also said that it was possible, but he didn't know the art of wishing you, so he had to send the little one to report to the Lord."

Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously wanted to reprimand Zhao Xu for nonsense to shirk responsibility.

However, after reviewing what Zhao Xu said just now, and Dai Sanchun's assertion, he was not sure.In this day and age, no one dares to completely disbelieve anything involving ghosts and gods.For example, Zhu You, one of the thirteen departments of official Chinese medicine, specializes in dealing with strange diseases that may involve gods and ghosts.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You went to Sun Shouzhen, told him about Zhu Yuan's illness in detail, and asked him to pick some imperial physicians, and himself, to go to Houhu, and come back before noon to report to me."

Zhao Xu agreed, got up and left in a hurry.

Zhu Biao, who was watching all this silently, waited for Zhao Xu to go far away, looked away, saw his father still standing there, hesitated briefly, and tentatively said: "Father, why don't you go to Houhu to visit Zhu Yuan in person?"

Zhu Yuanzhang recovered from his bad premonition. Hearing his son's words, he hesitated a little, shook his head and said, "Don't go, if...he really bumped into something, it's not good for you to go."

Disappointment flashed across Zhu Biao's eyes, but he didn't say any more.

Sun Shouzhen, the imperial hospital's envoy, rushed to Houhu with several imperial physicians, and sent back a message before noon that an imperial physician who was good at wishing you well had already done something, but it didn't work.Sun Shouzhen discussed with Dai Sanchun and others and came up with a prescription for Lao Zhu's approval.

Old Zhu agreed.

Zhu Yuan had already fallen into a coma, and the decoction could only be force-fed. However, after doing all these, he still didn't get better.

The next day, the news came.

The imperial physicians felt that it might still be a nightmare, because in the morning, more than one person heard various strange words from the comatose 'Zhu Yuan'.

Say something like 'I don't want to stay here anymore'.

What 'no water, no electricity, no car, no internet, no fucking toilet paper'.

What else is 'reborn a yarn'.

Dai Sanchun, whose name is "Rebirth", was quite panicked because of this, he didn't understand what he was involved with "Maoxian", but he still made a confession, in order to avoid the influence he had on Zhu Yuan, and took the initiative to avoid the inner house.

Zhu Yuanzhang got the report and considered that Zhu Youzhi's technique would not work, so he selected several eminent monks and Taoist priests to rush to Houhu to do it.

Around the same time, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty also got the news.

The mentality is mostly the same.

At such a young age, he is a high-ranking official with rich salary, continuous grace, and those 62 heads a few days ago. If fate is not enough, how can he bear it?
Look!
Overwhelmed?

In this way, on the third day, the soup, medicine, water and rice could no longer be poured down, and the imperial physicians of the imperial hospital had already walked around the back lake in turn, and several of them came to a more unified conclusion that Zhu Yuan's illness was caused by Sudden exuberance of heart fire caused the already very weak body to be complicated by many diseases.

The root cause is probably caused by strong anxiety.

If you want to recover, you must first understand what kind of stimulation Xiao Hanlin has received.

Also, Xiao Hanlin himself...doesn't seem to want to live very much.

This medicine cures the sick, if the patients don't have the will to survive, they will be powerless even if they can recover their youth.

Everyone also pushed Sun Shouzhen into the palace to report some of the worst news to Zhu Yuanzhang.

According to the current situation, Xiao Hanlin may not survive tomorrow.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been paying close attention to Zhu Yuan's condition these days, couldn't sit still any longer. However, before going to Houhu, he had someone tie up He Shou, the emissary and supervisor, and interrogated him in a stern tone.

Zhu Yuanzhang also reacted.

If it was really caused by some worry, looking back at the ins and outs of the whole incident, the only link is that he sent He Shou to visit Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuanzhang wondered if He Shou said something to Zhu Yuan behind his back. After all, he didn't need to think about it.Even if He Shou himself had no intention, there is no guarantee that someone did not instigate him to do the threatening thing.

He Shou was also an innocent disaster. He was tied into a human stick and collapsed on the ground. He trembled and repeated almost all the conversations at noon that day. How dare you show any disrespect to Xiao Hanlin!

Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhao Xu, who had entered the palace with Sun Shouzhen, to question him alone.

No problems found.

However, Lao Zhu still didn't believe it, so he ordered the poor He Shou to be locked up first, and hurriedly left the palace by himself, and rushed to Houhu in a light car.

Inside the mansion on the back lake.

Zhu Yuan's bedroom.

When Zhu Yuanzhang entered the door, the first thing he saw were two maidservants whose eyes were like peaches because of staying up late and crying. Liu Bai was sitting on the edge of the bed supporting the body of his little official, holding a small bowl freehand, and was still trying to feed Zhu Yuanzhang. Original something.

In addition, there were two older women standing beside them with haggard faces.

Old Zhu just scanned casually, almost disappeared, he didn't bother to care about these details, turned back to Zhu Yuan on the bed, just in time to see Xie Yi put the honey water into Zhu Yuan's mouth, and was spit out again intact come out.

Two or three times in vain, Xieyi gave up, and noticed Zhu Yuanzhang, who was dressed in normal clothes next to her. She guessed her identity first, and wanted to get up to salute. Eyeing the small bowl in Xieyi's hand, he asked, "Can't you eat?"

Freehand shook his head silently.

Liu Bai probably guessed something, and boldly said: "The little official said a few days ago that he wanted to drink milk, but he couldn't find it."

Lao Zhu turned his head immediately, and said to the attendant in the main room, "Go find it quickly."

One of the attendants hurried away.

Hearing that His Majesty the Emperor was coming, Dai Sanchun also came to greet him, and knelt down directly after entering the door, not daring to argue for himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, just snorted coldly, then turned to Sun Shouzhen, envoy of the Imperial Hospital, and asked in a deep voice, "Is there any other way?"

Sun Shouzhen thought of He Shou, the emissary who was dragged away in the palace before, so he knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "There are still some prescriptions, but... Xiao Hanlin is too weak. ... I'm just afraid that he won't be able to hold on."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to Zhu Yuan on the bed again.

After looking at that pale face in silence for a moment, he realized that what Sun Shouzhen said was the truth.

Even some self-doubt.

This……

Could it be that I have done something wrong recently, so that God displeased me, I just gave it to a great talent, and I want to take it away so quickly?
Looking away, Lao Zhu walked around a few steps, sighed, saw two people still kneeling in the main room, waved his hands and said: "Get out of here, useless things."

Sun Shouzhen and Dai Sanchun got up quickly, and the others silently left the main room.

Xieyi, who had been silent just now, understood that His Majesty the Emperor is the only hope for her petty officials. In order to let Zhu Yuanzhang think of a way, she remembered something, put down the small bowl in her hand, and asked with a different kind of hope in her tone: "Your Majesty Do you want to see the manuscript of the little official?"

Lao Zhu's anger was still accumulating, and he almost subconsciously reprimanded him when he listened to Xieyi's words.

When is this, what manuscripts are you still looking at?
However, I immediately realized that if... there are probably only those manuscripts left.

So he nodded slightly: "Where is it?"

Xie Yi stood up and said, "In the Westinghouse."

As he spoke, he gestured towards Old Zhu.

The curtains in the bedroom here have been taken off, Lao Zhu looked over the main room, and saw the Westinghouse covered by thick cotton curtains.

Xieyi no longer cared about the details of etiquette, so she walked over first, raised the curtain and hung it up, then walked to the cabinet next to the wall, took out the key from her waist pouch, opened it, and took out a stack of manuscripts, without daring to directly Pass it to Lao Zhu, but put it on the desk next to it.

Zhu Yuanzhang followed, picked up the manuscript in front of him and opened it.

This is the manuscript of the "production" method, one of the fundamentals of the "economics" that I have been thinking about for a while, as well as some other topics discussed by the two sides that day. Looking at this thick stack, it is probably almost completed.

It's just... definitely only half done.

What about the way of 'distribution'?

What about a hundred other kinds of knowledge?
Sighing again, he simply flipped through it. Lao Zhu put the manuscript in his arms, looked at Zhu Yuan's desk for a moment, and left the Westinghouse.

I want to go to the bedroom in the east room to take another look, but after thinking about it, I should give up.When he came outside the courtyard, he hesitated for a moment, and Lao Zhu said to Sun Shouzhen, "You just said that method, try it tonight, and see if it works."

Lao Zhu did not forget what Sun Shouzhen said in the palace.If there is no other way, Zhu Yuan may not survive tomorrow.

That being the case, it is always necessary to try hard medicine.

Moreover, this matter can only be decided by him himself, and the hospital dares to act.

Sun Shouzhen bowed and said, "I will definitely do my best."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the gradually darkening sky, sighed again, and left in silence.

Back to the palace.

At dinner, Zhu Yuanzhang's appetite was more than half less than usual. Mrs. Ma also knew about Zhu Yuan's affairs, and his expression was worried. He did not dare to intercede for He Shou, who was always diligent and capable, but asked about Houhu.

Lao Zhu only replied to see if he could get through the night, then lost his appetite, got up and left the dining room, and went to the study at Kunning Palace to read the stack of manuscripts.

The content is probably the original topic of discussion.

However, Zhu Yuan did add some additional cases, which made Lao Zhu sigh with emotion while reading.

After reading it several times like this, it is already the beginning of the Hai Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang's attention finally fell on a page of the manuscript, which was incompatible with other contents because there were only two sentences.

The way of the sky is more than damage but not enough to make up for.

The way of man is to sacrifice enough and give more than enough.

At first, Lao Zhu only thought that these were useless sentences that Zhu Yuan wrote casually, but after reading the previous manuscripts and looking at this page, he gradually realized something.

I found a copy of "Tao Te Ching" in the study, and quickly found the corresponding chapter.

The way of heaven is like drawing a bow!Those who are higher suppress it, those who are lower lift it up, those who have excess damage it, and those who are insufficient give it.The way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking.Humanity is not the case, there is not enough damage, and there is more than enough to give.Who can have more than enough to serve the world?The only one who has the Tao!
After repeated pondering, Lenovo's manuscript only mentions words such as "redistribution of social resources" and "opening up channels for civilians". Looking at these two sentences, isn't it a summary of the way of "distribution"!
It is the way of heaven to make up for the deficiency if there is excess damage.

So, who is "Heaven", shouldn't it be him, the emperor?

According to the way of 'distribution', what he has to do is to make up for what is not enough, to make up for those who are poor, and to make up for those who are poor.

Let's talk about the 'human way'.

As discussed in the manuscript in front of me, one of the reasons why the Han and Tang Dynasties switched from the government military system to the military recruitment system was that those greedy and rich merchants continued to annex land and evade taxes, which led to the collapse of the imperial court’s finances and left the people with nothing to save. The top cannot raise soldiers, and the bottom refuses to serve.However, the rich and powerful in the middle rely on the "production system" they directly control, and they rise up one after another. The result is a tripartite confrontation, a five dynasties and ten kingdoms.

Therefore, this "way of man" is what he needs to avoid, suppress, and attack in the future.

From this point of view, these two short sentences are the root of the way of 'distribution'.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly sighed again.

I don't know how many times I sighed today.

Because, Lao Zhu also knows a saying: governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

Cooking small fresh food requires all kinds of exquisite means from the heat to the seasoning, rather than the meaningless truth of "put it in the pot and cook it".

Therefore, it is obviously not enough to just two basic sentences without various specific and subtle measures.

Just like the way of 'production', Zhu Yuanzhang consciously understood a lot of relevant principles, but he still didn't have much clue about how to do it, so he could only explore.

Life is short and there are too many things to do, so how can you have time to explore?
by candlelight.

Lao Zhu didn't know how long he had been silent and hesitated for a long time, and finally got up again and came to the Queen's bedroom.

There is a big red sandalwood cabinet here, and inside the cabinet, there is also a red sandalwood box, and in the wooden box, there is a "Book from Heaven".

If you don't watch it tonight, maybe if bad news comes tomorrow, it will be too late to watch it again.Therefore, Lao Zhu didn't feel that he had violated his promise to Zhu Yuan.

Mrs. Ma was sewing a robe for her husband with two maids here. Seeing Lao Zhu approaching, he opened the cabinet and silently took away the red sandalwood box. After thinking about it, he didn't say anything.

Mrs. Ma knows her husband very well, and with his contradictory temperament that is sometimes patient enough and sometimes quite eager, just looking at the two or three times a day these days when she comes to look at the cabinet, she understands that her man must not be able to wait. three years.

tonight……

There are good reasons.

Mrs. Ma really wanted to find out what happened in the past, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up.Anyway, as long as her husband opens it, she will be able to see it sooner or later.

the other side.

Back in the study, Zhu Yuanzhang put the red sandalwood box on the desk, and inevitably remembered Zhu Yuan's original reminder.

Closely entangled with the fate of the country!
Closely entangled with the fate of the country!
Perhaps, even... I should put it back and wait patiently until three years later.

After all, this may really involve his Daming National Fortune.

The foundation laid by a narrow escape!
only……

In the end, after some internal struggle, Lao Zhu finally reached out and, with a little force, unscrewed the small brass lock without a key.

(End of this chapter)