"Bell-bell-bell-bell......"

During the nap, when the 30,000 bells and drums stopped, and no one told Zhu Youzhen to get up, he himself woke up naturally.

This is a habit he developed in the army in his previous life, he sleeps very lightly, and after getting used to the sound frequencies around him, once the sounds around him change, he will take the initiative to wake up.

"Someone!"

Rubbing his eyes, Zhu Youzhen felt a little thirsty, glanced at the dazzling sunlight outside the window, and called out to the outside of the dormitory.

The two little eunuchs walked into the palace with their heads bowed one after the other, bowing their upper bodies slightly: "Your Highness......"

"Ask the catering bureau to prepare some spicy meals, and get some cold drinks to beat the heat." Zhu Youzhen kneaded his brows, greeted the two eunuchs, and did not forget to ask at the end:

"Has the national funeral begun?"

A eunuch got up to make a compilation, and after saluting Zhu Youzhen, he was about to go to the catering bureau of the East Palace to ask the cook to prepare a meal, and another eunuch responded with a bow:

"His Royal Highness and the cabinet said that the death of the emperor was sudden, and the officials of the six ministries have not yet reacted."

"The official supervisors and the Ministry of Rites do not have national funeral reserves, so they need to postpone the national funeral for one day."

The eunuch answered clearly, and Zhu Youzhen also understood it, and his heart couldn't help but be speechless.

Often, all kinds of things for the national funeral began to be prepared for the national funeral in January after the death of the emperor.

It's just that Zhu Youzhen's grandfather Wanli has only been dead for more than a month, and Zhu Changluo has died, and the internal officials and supervisors of the 24th Yamen of the Inner Eunuch and the Ministry of Rites have not prepared anything.

It is estimated that there are not so many things for the national funeral for a while, and it is estimated that the Ministry of Rites means to wash and clean all kinds of things that are used in the Wanli national funeral, and then give them to Zhu Changluo first.

There is no way, he died in a hurry, and the coffin is good to say, there are two sets of these things, and he can use Wanli's backup.

But all kinds of other utensils and satin are not good, only cleaning is used.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen also spoke:

"When did Chengen go out, did you have someone bring the news back?"

The little eunuch saluted and responded: "The eunuch Wang left the palace at three o'clock, and at six o'clock in the afternoon, he brought back the news of the military department. ”

"The military department said that the Sichuan soldiers have arrived in Luoyang and are expected to arrive in Tongzhou in a month and a half."

"The Zhejiang soldiers have arrived in Hejian Province, and it is expected to arrive in Tongzhou in ten days."

"All right, I see, go down and have someone come into the temple to wash and change my clothes." Hearing the news of the white pole soldiers and the Qi family's army, Zhu Youzhen nodded, waved his hand and asked this person to retreat.

The little eunuch bowed and retreated, and less than a stick of incense came out of the dormitory, a female official walked into the dormitory with four palace maids and various washing things.

Zhu Youzhen, who has been adapting to this world for a month, sat on the couch like this.

The female official saluted him with the palace maid, and he just nodded, without saying anything.

After the female officials and others got up, the two palace maids first carried the wooden shelf where the copper basin was placed on Zhu Youzhen's side, poured water for the copper basin, and tested the water temperature.

The female officer stepped forward to take off the hosta for Zhu Youzhen, and her hair was scattered.

The remaining two female officers mixed water for another wooden barrel, and after testing the water temperature, they knelt on the ground and took off their socks for Zhu Youzhen.

The two of them knelt on the ground, carefully sprinkled the water on the instep of Zhu Youzhen's feet, and after making sure that the water temperature would not make Zhu Youzhen unhappy, they carefully washed his feet.

The female official knelt behind Zhu Youjian and carefully combed his hair with a comb, and the palace maid who was responsible for washing his face and brushing his teeth was also familiar with the road.

One of them wrung out a towel with warm water and carefully wiped Zhu Youzhen's cheeks, while the other palace maid sprinkled a small box of tooth powder on a wooden toothbrush.

This toothbrush was invented by Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youjiao, and tooth powder is some powder used to clean up.

Brushing your teeth is called washing the dragon ditch, you must be careful, even if Zhu Youzhen is just a prince who has not been crowned a king, it is enough to cure their crimes.

Most of the palace maids who served Zhu Youzhen were in their early eighteenties and nineteens, with bright eyebrows and white skin.

Even the female official was only twenty-six or seventeen years old, and her skills were very sophisticated.

They are arranged in a standard manner, and generally the most uncomfortable combing of hair is carried out by experienced female officers.

The second brushing of teeth is done by the oldest palace maid who enters the palace, followed by the palace maid who washes her face, and finally the palace maid who washes her feet.

Under their operation, in just a quarter of an hour, Zhu Youzhen was cleaned up.

The palace maid opened the washbasin shelf, and the female official also got off the bed.

Zhu Youzhen stood up, and while opening his hands, a few pairs of rough hands began to change clothes for him.

These hands are rough because of their work, which forms a clear contrast with the appearance of these court maids.

Zhu Youzhen didn't care about this, anyway, he was still a ten-year-old kid and couldn't do anything.

He opened his hands like this, waited for the female officer to take off his clothes one by one, and finally began to change into new ones.

After all, it was a national funeral, Zhu Youzhen was changed into a plain white dress, a wooden hairpin was inserted on the top of his head, and then he was put on a black Yishan hat without any gold edges

Although he is still young, Zhu Youzhen is already 4 feet 8 inches, and according to the Ming Dynasty's tailoring ruler of one foot 32 centimeters, he is already 1.53 meters.

This height is not so tall in this era, even some children of twelve or thirteen years old are not so tall.

The average height of men in the Ming Dynasty was only 1.64 to 1.69 meters.

Looking back on the 5,000-year history of Chinese height, the vast majority of time the Chinese people were the tallest in East Asia, and even in the world, the height of the Chinese people has almost always been regarded as standing out from the crowd, and it was not until the Qing Dynasty that it began to decline.

Zhu Youzhen remembers well, the standard for recruiting battalion soldiers in the Ming Dynasty in this era was five feet two, which was about 167 centimeters in later generations.

At the same time, the standard height of soldiers recruited in Northern Europe was only 162 cm, and that of Southern Europe was only 158 cm.

In various countries in Southeast Asia, even one meter and five is considered good, and the Japanese shogunate is even more than 145 centimeters to be considered a high-quality soldier.

However, if nothing else, the height of the European race will continue to increase in the next three hundred years of plunder, from the beginning of southern Europe to recruit soldiers with a height standard of 158 cm to 165 cm.

Zhu Youzhen knew these things very well, but it was due to the excessive exploitation of the Qing Dynasty, which led to the malnutrition of the people, which led to the decline in the height of the Han people.

All dynasties need to exploit the people, it just depends on who exploits them ruthlessly.

In terms of the tax system, the central court of the Ming Dynasty was not ruthless in exploiting the people, but due to the lack of officials, it led to corruption.

The imperial court increased the income of one centimeter per acre of land, and the local officials dared to levy one and a half cents, and then transferred the taxes of the local squires to the ordinary people, and it directly rose to three percent.

As an emperor in such an era, if you don't know why the people are suffering, then it is normal for the dynasty to fall.

Just like Chongzhen in history, it is estimated that he can't understand why he just added a little bit of tax, and only collected a dozen catties of grain for an acre of land with a yield of 200 catties, but the people would rebel.

For now, Zhu Youzhen is very aware of the shortcomings of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

If you want to rescue the Ming Dynasty, it may still be possible from the Apocalypse year, but from the Chongzhen period, it is better to directly devote yourself to being a rogue.

If Zhu Youzhen is not mistaken, probably from the first year of Chongzhen, the great drought that broke out in the Xiaoice River period will continue for 20 consecutive years, affecting Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Beizhili, northern Huguang and other regions......

In addition to Liaodong and Yunnan, the other two Beijing and 12 provinces will all have a major drought that will affect the whole province or even half of the province.

Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, these areas have been dry for more than five years.

The 20 consecutive years of drought, floods, and plagues have affected more than 60 million people.

Under such a natural disaster, it is necessary to replace Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of Zhu Youzhen, and it is estimated that he will let the world erode, and finally send troops from the south and north to fight the world again.