Zhu Cihong sent Song Hongye away, picked up the work arrangement on the table, and compared them one by one to see what progress could be made today. While moving his arms, he slowly turned his cervical spine, paying attention to maintaining his body. In his previous life, the biggest suffering he suffered was probably the physical torture caused by excessive overdrawing of his body.

Yao Tao walked to the door, waved away the attendant, and said neatly: "Your Highness, Kunning Palace has a will." ”

Zhu Cihong put down the work schedule, looked out of the curtain, and said, "Come in and say." ”

Yao Tao carefully opened the curtain, entered the house, and said, "Your Highness, the queen mother has a will: let you return to the palace to ask for peace." ”

"Is the queen mother resting now?" Zhu Cihong remembered that he had just had dinner before meeting Wu Changchun, and it was already dark outside.

Yao Tao heard that the prince didn't really want to go, but she was anxious to see Aunt Liu, so she said: "Niangniang hasn't seen His Royal Highness for many days, and if I can't see you today, even if I rest, I am worried." ”

"Then go ahead." Zhu Cihong secretly said in his heart: There are still those knife makers who have to confirm with Liu Ruoyu. He said again: "Tell Tian Cunshan to prepare, and Liu Ruoyu will go with me." ”

"No." Yao Tao was happy in his heart, and he retired with a blessed body, and hurriedly gave the order.

Since the introduction of the competition mechanism, Tian Cunshan's work attitude has been much more positive. The great eunuch behind him naturally refused to watch his deployment being easily pried off, and also increased his support for him. Otherwise, it would not be so easy to recruit so many young eunuchs who graduated from the Inner Book Hall.

After a while, Tian Cunshan had already arranged a guard of honor, and asked Zhou Jing to mobilize the Han generals to escort the prince back to the palace all the way.

Tiananmen Square, which was full of tourists in later generations, is now empty, and Zhu Cihong rode on a horse and followed the central axis of the Forbidden City all the way into the inner palace. Liu Ruoyu accompanied the servants left and right, and reported the matter of collecting the knife maker one by one.

Knife makers are those who purify the eunuchs.

Zhu Cihong had already developed a great interest in them as early as a child, believing that they were a group of high-end talents that must be utilized. Whether it is bone-setting or Jinchuang, you can find a lot of Langzhong doctors, but if you want to find an experienced surgeon, the knife maker is probably the best choice.

The Ming Dynasty was the era of the fastest development and greatest achievements of Chinese medicine. Among them, there is the "Compendium of Materia Medica", which breaks the convention and compiles the attribute classification method, there is also the "Treatise on Plague", which studies the mechanism and prevention of infectious diseases, and there is also the "Surgical Authenticity", which advocates both internal and external treatment, and the combination of surgery and medicine.

This book was written in the forty-fifth year of Wanli, and the author Chen Shigong died in the fifth year of Chongzhen, when Zhu Cihong was only three years old. In Chen's book, he explains in detail the operation methods of amputation, nasal polyp removal, tracheal suture, and throat foreign body removal. It also emphasizes that the operating environment must be bright and clean.

Great doctors like Chen can be met but not sought, and the real ones who can be asked are those knife makers.

In the era when there are no clean rooms and antibiotics, you can imagine how risky surgery is. If the mortality rate was too high, no matter how good the eunuchs were, it would not be possible for so many people to be willing to undergo castration. Through the inheritance system of father and son, the knife maker has summarized and explored an effective method to ensure the success rate of surgery and the survival rate of the recipient.

They may have never heard of Surgical Authenticity, and they don't know that there are already people in the land of Tessie who have secretly dissected corpses and made anatomical drawings...... But they are undoubtedly the most experienced surgeons in the country.

Zhu Cihong asked Liu Ruoyu to find those well-known knife makers, promise heavy rewards, let them gather under his banner, and use the germ theory and other theoretical knowledge as a supplement to cultivate military doctors who can really increase the survival rate of injuries and diseases.

The Ming Dynasty was different from the Qing Dynasty in that there was no special agency responsible for the cleansing of eunuchs. Among these knife makers were eunuchs in the palace, folk doctors, and some were even veterinarians who specialized in castration of pigs, horses, and livestock.

Skilled knife craftsmen are foolproof, from preoperative preparation to anesthesia during surgery, to wound suturing, disinfection, antibacterial, nutritional supplementation...... There are rules. These people charge extremely high, and they are also the people Zhu Cihong really wants to use.

Liu Ruoyu, as an old eunuch, is of course no stranger to these people, but because the prince needs too many people, he is widely inquired in the palace, lists the names and addresses of these people, and then goes door-to-door to coerce and lure. This can be regarded as coming up with an answer sheet that satisfies the prince.

After listening to Liu Ruoyu's report, Zhu Cihong finally ticked the zuihou item in today's to-do list in his heart, and then he could go to ask for peace of mind.

It is estimated that the father Bixia will most likely be in Kunning Palace.

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The situation was more complicated than Zhu Cihong imagined, in addition to Chongzhen present, even Empress Yi'an Zhang and Concubine Yuan Guifei of Yikun Palace were also present. These four people are the real heads of the Forbidden City, and now they are all seated, but the prince's seat is placed in the center of the main hall, and it looks like he has been interrogated by the four people.

Zhu Cihong's face did not change, and he stepped forward to salute one by one, please say hello, he looks old. He suddenly looked up, but saw the queen mother's face flashing, it turned out to be tears reflecting candlelight.

"Brother Chun is emaciated." Empress Zhang was also quite moved, looking at Zhu Cihong's sour nose.

Zhu Cihong has to review and practice every day these days, often as a demonstration, and personally go down. When the weather is better and there are fewer affairs, he will randomly select some guards to run laps together and play single parallel bars. The amount of exercise is much higher than that of writing in the palace all day, and he naturally becomes black and thin.

"The bones of the sons are much stronger." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"Legend has it in the palace that you live and eat with the guards? Brother is growing his body, how can he eat? Empress Zhou gently pinched the handkerchief and pressed the corner of her eye.

"The queen mother, living together is just a rumor." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Erchen has a lot of things to deal with every day, where will he live with them?" Although the three meals were indeed eaten with the guards in the camp, the retainers had other snacks and meals, so they were not considered suffering. ”

"Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers have a share, are you learning from Wu Qi?" Chongzhen didn't have any displeasure, and there was a taste of harmony in his tone.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Father Bixia, Wu Qi is to let the soldiers charge into battle and die without spinning." The retainers also need these guards to rush forward and protect each other. If you only criticize the name, I am afraid that it will be a blessing. ”

Chongzhen smiled and said: "I called you in today to ask about your fundraising, and how much money was raised." As he spoke, the middle-aged man who ran for four suddenly let out a trace of schadenfreude with a paradoxical smile.

Zhu Cihong had already sent the financial report of the fundraising to the palace, and he would never believe that Emperor Bixia really didn't know.

"Five thousand three hundred taels." Zhu Cihong replied.

"It's only five thousand three hundred taels?" Chongzhen repeated, sighing: "The last time I persuaded the powerful to donate, you still said that you shouldn't be so domineering, which caused a huge backlash, but now you have it?" ”

I was here to educate him!

Zhu Cihong chuckled and said: "Father Bixia often educates his sons, and he is willing to do it with kindness. The sons pushed themselves and others, and they were also grateful to those wealthy businessmen who only donated a few dozen taels. This is also a good little thing to do. ”

"But what is the state matter?" Chongzhen saw his son talking back, and said with some displeasure: "You are indeed cultivating good buds, but I can't do it with you, how can you wait for this good sprout to grow up slowly?" ”

"Father," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "If I treat the people with the heart of a fist, the people will repay me with a national soldier, so there is a saying that the benevolent are invincible." ”

Chongzhen was silent, and the hall fell silent for a while.

Emperor Chongzhen studied with Tianqi since he was a child, and the Japanese lecturer at that time was Sun Chengzong, who was the leader of the three tripods. The other Confucian ministers were also well-educated. Chongzhen, who was educated by these people, seems to be a literati and more than an emperor. He was not only interested in the study of scriptures, but also often wrote some scriptures papers by himself, and even entertained himself by making eight shares of art.

Even the level of this kind of "test and play" is definitely not low, and it is often enjoyed by foreign ministers.

This is simply a living literary and artistic youth, how can it be what the Ninth Five-Year Emperor should do?

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Xun Yuan Emperor said: "The Han family has its own system, and it is a miscellaneous overlord. ”

This can be said in one sentence.

Zhu Cihong felt that Chongzhen's education was problematic, precisely because Chongzhen attached too much importance to moral education. Although he looks very domineering in the case of rebellion and the punishment of His Majesty, he is still a Confucian saint in essence, and even has some moral purity. When he found that he had betrayed the scholars of his kind, the fear and resentment were palpable.

It's just that after seventeen years of being the emperor, his understanding of this world is finally no longer as superficial as when he was young, and the idealist's literary and artistic heart has also been exhausted in the years and frosts, and Chongzhen finally found that it is not a national blessing for his son to be like himself.

"The prince is still too kind." Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a long time, and finally spat out.

These words are also like self-reflection, far more profound than those previous edicts.

"It's just a probation, but it's hard to succeed after all." The Emperor said again.

"If my father doesn't believe it," Zhu Cihong said with confidence, "My son is willing to make a contract with my father, and within a month, the powerful and wealthy businessmen in Beijing will inevitably be more generous and fund the epidemic prevention." ”

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Since it is a contract, can you ask for something?" ”

"If the officials and gentry donate, the father will give one-tenth of this amount to his sons, can I?" Zhu Cihong said cautiously.

"Haha," Chongzhen daxiao said, "I will give as much as they give!" ”

Chongzhen sincerely didn't believe how much money these magnates were willing to pay, especially the prince wanted to practice the way of "the benevolent are invincible". Of course, the benevolent man is invincible, because the others see that the benevolent man is all playing like fools, who is his enemy?

But...... Take 5,300 taels to perfunctory the prince of the country, those people are really excessive!

Chongzhen's heart faintly flooded with humiliation and resentment.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the palace was harmonious, Yuan Guifei ordered someone to bring soup for the prince to eat, and also asked a few words about life outside the palace. This concubine has always been gentle and humble to Empress Zhou, and she is a firm ally of the queen to suppress Tian Guifei, and the relationship has always been harmonious. Zhu Cihong was also extremely polite to her, which made this childless concubine very comforting.

After eating the soup, Zhu Cihong took advantage of the fact that the queen mother had no exit to stay overnight, and hurriedly resigned on the grounds of official business. Chongzhen didn't think much about it, and let the prince go back with a few words of encouragement. Zhou Hou was reluctant, but she was helpless, so she had to order someone to pack a lot of sweets in the palace and let the prince take them away.

Chongzhen watched his son leave, and finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Why is Bixia sighing?" Zhou Hou asked.

"My son has the style of a benevolent monarch, but the country should have a hegemon." After Chongzhen finished speaking, his heart suddenly tightened, for fear that the queen would think that he was dissatisfied with the prince, so he patted the armrest and said arrogantly: "I will calm this world for the prince." ”

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