In the spring and summer, the peasants were busy persuading the peasants to work diligently, and in the autumn and winter, the peasants were idle to build water conservancy projects, and they also took the opportunity to train troops in the hot areas of the south on a small scale and in rotational warfare.

The first year of Longwu was spent safely in such an atmosphere of light and meager endowment and rest with the people.

The reform of the southern route was carried out in an orderly manner, and there was no need to involve too much energy in the imperial court, and the time quietly came to the first month of the second year of Longwu.

Last year's New Year was spent with the glad news of the fall of Dord.

But at that time, Jiangnan had just encountered a continuous and tragic war, and every village and every mile had a home for the fallen soldiers, the death of relatives and relatives, and the second mansion of Changzhen, which was close to Nanjing, and every county had the bitter hatred of being slaughtered.

Therefore, the people could not talk about rejoicing at that time, at most they could barely breathe a sigh of relief, excited to take revenge.

And this year's New Year is finally the first enough for the people of Jiangnan to live and work in peace and contentment, and to praise the benevolence and virtue of the Holy Son of Heaven.

The cessation of the war, the abolition of the three salaries and other temporary increases, the credible and stable new tax system, the thorough investigation and clarification of the hidden households and hidden fields, and the correction of the original unreasonable apportionment of taxes, all these things finally gave the people hope of the end of the troubled times.

If Da Ming can persist in this way, then it seems that there is nothing wrong with continuing to rule.

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And Zhu Shuren, the prince of E, since he went to Jiangning Town in late autumn to hold a series of meetings and inspect a series of work, as the weather gradually gets colder, he has also reduced his movement and devoted more energy to accompanying his wife who is getting closer and closer to the due date.

Even with several princesses and concubines in the crocodile king's mansion, they were also busy waiting for the princess carefully.

The status gap between them and the princess is too big, and it is impossible to have the idea of competing for favor, and the princess can tolerate them as concubines, which is enough to make these stunning beauties from humble backgrounds grateful to Dade.

All they thought about during this time was to expect the princess to give birth to a son to the prince as soon as possible.

Because only if the prince has a son, and he is healthy enough when he is born, he basically ensures that he will not die young, so the prince dares to pamper the four beautiful concubines at will with confidence and boldness.

It's not like now, but also let the four beautiful concubines count as a good life, who is safe every month, the prince is willing to be lucky, and it is far more dead than the scientific safe date, almost only in the two or three days before the moon comes, and the two or three days after leaving, he is willing to be pampered, a little farther away, even if it is still safe in theory, the prince is not willing to take risks.

This is all for fear of messing up the concubine and the succession.

Fortunately, Zhu Shuren doesn't care, there are four beautiful concubines, even if each person only has one week before and after the month to pity, the four add up, even if there is overlap, Zhu Shuren will not be idle for too long.

Beauty is bitter, women's hormone levels are originally related to safe dates, the closer to unsafe days, the more impulsive they want, but now they have to hold back. To solve this problem, you have to serve the princess wholeheartedly and decide the big thing.

A big man like Zhu Shuren, even if he stays at home with his wife, he will not be completely idle, he must always be good for his wife, and at the same time, it can also benefit the country and the people.

For example, when Chongzhen was fourteen years old, one of his concubines, Dong Bai, was pregnant and waiting to give birth, and later gave birth to a daughter. Before Dong Bai gave birth to a daughter, Zhu Shuren spent several months personally worrying about rectifying the medical and health conditions of pregnant women in this era.

Originally, it was not until the middle of the Qing Dynasty that the Chinese discovered the "method of cutting the umbilical cord after burning and sterilizing scissors", and Zhu Shuren figured it out at that time (before that, the ancients gave birth to let Wen Po directly tear off the baby's umbilical cord by hand, and the wound was easy to be infected by the bacteria on Wen Po's hands, and some Wen Po did not have enough strength or even used her nails to cut the umbilical cord, which was an important cause of infant infection mortality)

And if Zhu Shuren wants to do it, he must do it better than the Qing Dynasty, so at that time, he not only asked people to cut the umbilical cord, but also drew inferences.

For example, when cutting, let the freshly burned scissors be cut while they are hot, anyway, there is no pain nerve on the umbilical cord, and pregnant women are not afraid of pain.

If the poor do not have new scissors, at least sharpen them with a whetstone to completely grind off the rust layer. Finally, it is necessary to apply clean gauze that has been boiled and sterilized, and wipe the blade and wound with high alcohol and distilled water.

This set of operations is still relatively costly, and it was not promoted at that time, but Rao is so, and in the next three or four years, there are still many dignitaries and dignitaries who are familiar with the Shen family, and their relatives and friends have gone to learn from the past, and it has gradually spread, and it has also benefited many people.

No matter how poor the people are, they don't have the disinfection conditions, so they can learn an abbreviated version.

This time, it was the princess's turn to give birth, so the medical progress naturally had to be piled up, and the extent of the last time was definitely not enough.

Therefore, taking advantage of this winter, Zhu Shuren asked for a will, and transferred a group of palace maids in their thirties who have a little experience from the palace, preferably those who have the experience of delivering babies to the emperor's relatives, if they don't have it, those who are strong and powerful, and don't shake when they see blood are preferred. You can recruit a few more experienced stable women and give them centralized training and recruitment.

Since October last year, after the weather cooled down, Zhu Shuren asked people to find all kinds of women waiting to give birth inside and outside Nanjing, provide them with additional free medical care, and let the imperial doctor first check the pulse to observe the body shape, gently press the stomach to confirm, and pick out those who are at risk of dystocia to care, so that the palace maids can practice.

Nanjing has a population of one million, and tens of thousands of women are produced every year, and tens of thousands can be produced every quarter. In the case that Zhu Shuren paid for the medical expenses, hundreds of women with a high risk of dystocia were also screened out, and the coach Wen Po and the student palace maids practiced their hands.

When the day comes, if you can give birth naturally, then you will have a smooth birth, without intervention, if you find that it is indeed going to be dystocia, facing the risk of "protecting the big and protecting the small", the party's family has died as a live horse doctor, and if you are willing to give it a go, the doctors, stable women and palace maids sent by the prince of E will have the opportunity to start.

They were all trained in advance to make a minor surgical technique, which is to simply cut sideways under the mother, widen the opening so that the baby can be pulled out, and then sutured with needles and threads afterwards -

Of course, before taking the first real woman, each of these palace maids had at least sewed hundreds of pieces of mutton and practiced, and during the time of practice, they worked in the dining room of the palace every day, and the sewn pork was cooked.

The reason why mutton is used instead of cheaper pork is also because the pork skin is much thicker than the human skin, and it is not easy to grasp the weight of the needle.

The edible dermis left inside the lambskin after removing the surface layer used for tanning leather is about the same thickness as a woman's skin, and the authenticity of surgical training is better.

The lateral incision of the crossing is already the smallest and smallest operation in the obstetrics and gynecology department in later generations, and it is a matter of scissors, as long as it is a smooth birth in later generations, a knife will be given, which is common sense-

If you don't come to this knife, if you crack along the way when you finally crack hard, leaving the sequelae of anal leakage and anal fissure, it is considered a medical affair to lose money, and the hospital will not be responsible for cutting this knife. It is conceivable how to choose in the era of the rule of law.

It is precisely because it is so popular in later generations that everyone suffers from smooth childbirth, so that Zhu Shuren, a big man, knows these common senses, and he is not open-minded (he also heard it from the small talk of female colleagues at that time).

In ancient times, when caesarean section was not possible, this was also the most beneficial and cost-effective medical advance. Any other minor surgery is difficult in this day and age, and sterilization and suturing are not as easy to guarantee as this

Throughout the winter, this group of strong palace maids trained by Zhu Shuren at the expense of each person generally increased their skills after each of them practiced cutting and sewing hundreds of pieces of mutton and dozens of real people.

And their practice has indeed benefited the people - at least hundreds of Nanjing women who originally died of dystocia because of the narrow crossing, were saved by this extra knife, and then sewn it up again after giving birth.

Although it can be very painful to be cut and stitched again in the era when there is no anesthetic, it is better than losing your life.

As for the women who still die of excessive blood loss and dystocia, of course, there are also them, and they still account for a small half. But when it was people, no one dared to make trouble.

First, they also inquired, and the women who were manipulated like this still managed to survive after all. Second, when these trained palace maids were allowed to get started, it was already a difficult birth, and if they didn't save it, they would die for a lifetime.

Moreover, this medical team is still sent by the prince for the sake of medical progress for the sake of medical progress, and does not collect money from beginning to end, what else can the people say?

Not to mention that the people of this era are simple, everyone is used to seeing life and death, and they are used to inferior medical skills. We all know that it is the norm for people to walk in vertically and carry it out horizontally, but if they are cured, they will hit the luck of their lives, so they will not have high expectations.

Of course, there have been dozens of cases in the process that were indeed caused by small mistakes by the palace maids, such as inadequate debridement and disinfection methods, incomplete hygiene, and infection.

Zhu Shuren is also gracious and powerful, and will punish personal mistakes to a certain extent, and compensate the families of the victims with heavy money. In the end, the best of the best were selected, and a stable middle-aged palace maid who did not make a single medical mistake was selected, and finally used for palace medical treatment.

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All these preparations of Zhu Shuren were really not in vain.

As the New Year passes, the lights of the Lantern Festival gradually dissipate, and the due date of the princess's wife is getting closer and closer.

Zhu Yuchan was found out at the end of April last year, and it was actually already available in early April, so if it is ten months old, it will be around the first half of February.

In fact, the imperial doctor saw that the development of Her Royal Highness the princess's womb was much faster than expected, and her body was already so heavy that it was difficult to move before the Chinese New Year. A senior old palace maid Wen Po carefully looked at it, and repeatedly gently touched her stomach to confirm, and speculated that there might be two.

Zhu Shuren didn't believe it at first, but later took an in-depth look at the medication records of his wife before she became pregnant, and learned that she had taken some palace pills that were conducive to conception, which was estimated to have an effect similar to that of Western medicine in later generations to promote ovulation.

Normal women take turns on the left and right sides, one on each side every two months, and if they are urged by drugs, they may be left and right together, which gives birth to fraternal twins.

Zhu Shuren was also eye-opening, he didn't expect that ancient Chinese medicine still had such a secret medicine, and he already understood the medical laws of bilateral septum, and he also knew how to intervene.

Obviously, this is to increase the probability of giving birth, and in the relevant medical books of Tai Hospital, the record of this drug is not prolific, but only to increase the probability of having a son-

Zhu Shuren knows the scientific truth, because if it is a twin produced by identical division, the chromosomes are the same, and the sex must be the same.

Only fraternal chromosomes, each chromosome is fused separately, and the probability of sons and daughters is independent, so that the probability of having at least one son can be increased to 75%. But it is a bitter mother, and it hurts a little more, but fortunately, the long pain is better than the short pain, and it saves the sin of suffering twice and suffering twice.

Throughout the second half of the first month, Zhu Shuren accompanied his wife every day to help relieve her mental pressure and mediate her physical and mental state because his wife was getting heavier and heavier.

Although Zhu Yuchan is scared and pampered, she has been accompanied by her husband in every detail, and she has been temporarily ignored about national affairs, so she has comforted a lot.

It was delayed until the thirtieth of the first month, and I originally thought it would be delayed until February, but in the end, it was because it was too big and I had to give birth prematurely about half a month early.

The ancients secretly believed that it was unlucky for a man to enter the delivery room, but Zhu Shuren did not have these concerns, he just took a thorough sauna in advance, smeared a high degree of alcohol disinfection all over his body, changed into a new gauze robe that was boiled and dried, and then he could accompany his wife.

As for the other rooms, of course, they are also disinfected, and the palace maids who give birth are also disinfected all over their bodies.

The prince's behavior shocked many people, but no one could stop it. Zhu Shuren held Zhu Yuchan's hand throughout the whole process, giving her confidence, and finally those pre-rehearsed medical methods were also used, such as a side cut and the final suture.

It really relied on the opening that became much wider after the side cut, and the two fetuses were pulled out smoothly.

Because there are two children, the development is generally relatively light, and the daughter who was pulled out first outside did not absorb nutrients well, and she was just over five pounds, and the son who was pulled out inside was barely six pounds.

I have to say that it is indeed thanks to the drug that the probability has been increased to 75%, and I finally gambled on a son at one time, which is also natural, not lucky.

Normal people, how can it be so easy to give birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus.

"Congratulations to the prince on his happiness!" After confirming that the one inside was a son, a group of palace maids breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly congratulated them.

Zhu Shuren also breathed a sigh of relief: "Reward!" Each person who delivered the baby was rewarded with 300 taels of silver! The reward for the main knife is 1,000 taels! The reward for burning and cutting the umbilical cord is 500 taels! The doctor who gave the medicine was rewarded with three thousand taels! Give another house outside the palace walls! Give a gold plaque! ”

was originally the richest man in the world, and he was the prince, and finally got the eldest son, can this reward be less? Naturally, everything comes to the top.

When I think about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Chen Ajiao spent a total of 90 million yuan on medical expenses in order to see infertility, accounting for one-thirtieth of the annual financial income of the Han Dynasty at that time, and it was not cured in the end.

This amount of money is so well known that it was written down by Sima Qian.

He Zhu Shuren gambled on the country today, can he be more shabby than Liu Che and Chen Ajiao?

Of course, a heavy reward!

Everyone involved hurriedly thanked them.

It was late at night, and the production was sudden, Zhu Shuren didn't dare to enter the palace immediately to disturb, so he asked the palace maids to scrub the two children carefully with warm wine, and observed it for half the night, confirming that the state was very stable.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yuchan also came to her senses and confirmed that she was fine, and Zhu Shuren let people enter the palace to report the good news.

Emperor Longwu Zhu Changshu woke up early in the morning, and the personal eunuch next to him told him the news, and Zhu Changshu also attached great importance to it and immediately came to check.

When Weng and his son-in-law met, there was no need to make it clear that Zhu Changshu was just concerned about the health of this grandson.

In the following month, he also went out of the palace every day to check on his daughter's house.

Until the beginning of March, the period of weakness at birth gradually passed, and the two children looked like they could feed.

The full moon wine has also been held, and it is a banquet given to hundreds of officials in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Changshu finally announced that he would pass on this grandson to his son who died at an early age - that is, the child who is said to have died shortly after birth and was nicknamed the prince just last year.

As for the actual situation, of course, Zhu Changshu has never had a son, but one of his side concubines gave birth to a stillborn baby, which was aborted prematurely.

After the will of the succession was announced, of course, no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to oppose it, this is the emperor's family matter, the uncle succeeded, what do outsiders have to say?

After the adoption, in the future, the child will not be able to call his biological mother as his mother, but only his aunt, nor his biological father as his father, but only his uncle. However, compared to the gains, this loss is nothing at all.

Dragged on until the middle of May, when the child was full of 100 days, and the health condition was further stabilized, the emperor naturally inevitably feasted the ministers with great fanfare, and generally rewarded the same joy, and then announced that the 100-day child would be taken into the Chunhe Palace to live, and the princess's biological mother would naturally move to the Chunhe Palace to take care of the child.

Chunhe Palace was the place where Zhu Biao lived when he was the prince and Zhu Yunwen was the grandson, and no one lived after Zhu Yunwen.

Moving into the Spring and Palace, although there is no intention of canonization, perhaps because he is still too young, the subtext behind it has been revealed.