By the time Jiang Xinghuo came to the palace, it was already approaching dusk.

At this time, Zhu Di, who had "recovered" in the hall, was sitting on the couch with his younger brother Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, chatting about family life.

"There is no kang in the palace, and I am really not used to it in winter."

Zhu Di laughed when he heard this, they are actually southerners and have lived in the south since they were children, but after being crowned king, they have lived in Kaifeng and Beiping for more than ten years, and they have long been accustomed to the life of northerners.

Fire kang in the current Ming Dynasty, is not universally popular, but only in the north of the Hu Feng left a serious area exists, China has a similar heating method very early, but has not been popular, but the Tang Dynasty introduced into Goryeo, in Goryeo is generally popular, "New Tang Dynasty Book Goryeo Biography" has a record of "the winter moon is a long kang, under the warm fire", after the Mongols conquered Goryeo, this way of heating was loved by the Mongols, and brought back to the Yuan Dynasty, and then popular among the Mongolian nobles in the north.

Exports to domestic sales belong to yes.

As for why it was popular among the aristocracy, it was naturally because the kang required a lot of fuel, and it was difficult for the common people in this era to obtain fuel on such a large scale throughout the winter, and it was usually a family around the brazier to keep warm.

And the fire kang in the north and the earth dragon in the south have become the exclusive domain of the powerful and rich.

For example, in the Fengtian Temple, there is a long underground dragon pipe laid underneath, similar to modern floor heating, and most of the fire tunnels will be dug under the ground of the main palace, and then the entrance will be under the outer corridor of the temple, and the heat will be transmitted to the ground through the fire channel through the external fire.

But to be honest, a smaller palace is okay, in a top-scale palace like Fengtian Palace, the heat of the earth dragon is really not enough, and for the people in the hall, it is really not as warm as the fire kang.

Didn't you look at Zhou Wang Zhu Hu's nose turned white at this time?

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhou."

"The national teacher is here."

"National teacher." Zhou Wang Zhu Hu nodded.

It's still the familiar little Jindun, but this time it's estimated that the weather is cold, so a thick cotton pad with a silk cover is also put on, and Jiang Xinghuo sits on it.

There are chairs in the palace, but that kind of chair is not designed to be comfortable for people to sit on at all, but only to let the emperor show his grace, people sit on it and don't lean on all sides, if you want to lean on it with a big grin, you have to hang your knees in the air, and you can get to the back of the seat in a posture that is almost "upright", so Jiang Xinghuo chose Xiaodunzi.

"Now that the city of Nanjing has begun to switch to coal, this coal is cheaper than charcoal, but it is really a matter of benefiting the people, all of which depends on the national teacher!" Zhu Di praised with a smile.

"Your Majesty's Virtue Politics."

Zhu Di seemed to be very interested, and accepted it beautifully.

Obviously, the test method was done well, and the effect was seen, which was like a carrot hanging in front of the donkey pulling the mill and being bitten down, but the donkey ran crazy for dozens of laps for this, and the miller must have been happy.

"The earth dragon in this palace is also used with coal?" Zhou Wang Zhu Hu asked curiously.

"It's not."

Zhu Di explained: "The people are all braziers or stoves for heating, and the structure of the earth dragon in the palace is different, and the design is made of charcoal. ”

"That's a problem."

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu bowed slightly, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty wants to build Beijing and expand the original Yan Wangfu, it is better to directly change it to use coal, anyway, I heard that Beijing and Hebei, Liaodong, and Shanxi all have coal mines, and it will be convenient to use coal in the future, so it will definitely be necessary to use coal." ”

"Yes, I was about to talk about it."

Zhu Di followed the topic and said: "I want to name the imperial palace in Beijing, but it is really difficult, why don't you think about it for Brother Wang and the national teacher?" Both are very knowledgeable. ”

This is true, Jiang Xinghuo needless to say, Zhou Wang Zhu Hu is also one of the few rare studious sons of Lao Zhu, and Zhu Hu can be endowed with words, he has written 100 chapters of "Yuan Gong Ci", and he has quite a research attainment in medicine, and organized the compilation of medical works such as "Baosheng Yulu", "Pocket Formula", "Puji Fang", "Saving Famine Materia Medica" and other medical works Not to mention for the time being, the "Saving Famine Materia Medica" currently being compiled is really level, and it is the kind that has been recognized by Li Shizhen later.

"I can't think of a good name for a while"

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, pondered for a moment, raised his head and asked tentatively: "The king of the ancients, choose the world and establish a country, choose the country to establish a palace, according to the "Book of the Later Han", it is said that 'there is Ziwei Palace in the sky, which is the residence of God, and the king is the palace, and the image is for it', in order to achieve the unity of heaven and man, the stars in the sky correspond to the planning of the capital, since the emperor of the world is the Son of Heaven, his residence should symbolize the Ziwei Palace, the residence of the Emperor of Heaven, Ziwei Palace, that is, Ziwei Yuan, is the middle wall of the three walls of the star officials in the sky (Taiwei, Ziwei, Tianshi), located in the center of the North Heaven, called the Middle Palace, there are' Ziwei is in the middle of the saying, so the palace city of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties is called Ziwei City, and its city is like Ziwei Palace, because of its name. Why don't you follow the old system of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and call it Ziwei City? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di didn't hide anything, but shook his head a little unhappily.

"It's not good, I don't need the unity of heaven and man."

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu was stunned at first, and then he was dumbfounded, but he bumped into Zhu Di's dislike, but he didn't think of this at first.

His own brother doesn't want to be the son of heaven in the world, and wants to be a holy king, so naturally he doesn't need any celestial induction, and the palace should not correspond to the emperor's Ziwei Palace.

Jiang Xinghuo blurted out at this time: "It's better to change the word." ”

"Change the word? Which word to change? ”

"Ziwei City was changed to the Forbidden City."

Jiang Xinghuo explained: "The poem of Yan Yanzhi of the Southern Dynasty 'Guarding the Forbidden City of the Dynasty', the poem of Zhang Ji in the Tang Dynasty 'The east wind solar term is close to the Qingming Dynasty, and the chariots and horses are vying for the forbidden city', and the poem of Yao He in the Tang Dynasty 'Hundred officials worship the forbidden city is opened', the forbidden city is the emperor's palace, which is extremely dignified and strictly forbidden to intrude, so it is called 'forbidden'." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di struck the knot and said: "The difference between one word is wonderful!" ”

Obviously, compared with Ziwei City, the Forbidden City is more favored by Zhu Di, he regards himself as a holy king, and the palace city where he handles government affairs and daily residence naturally becomes the center of the world, a solemn and solemn place, and the highest level of "forbidden area" in the world, and the word forbidden is used very well in his opinion.

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu also laughed and said: "In the past, Jia Island collided with Han Yu and got a quatrain, and now there is a national teacher who changes the city with one word, which is a good story." ”

Probably knowing that although his brother is not an illiterate martial artist, his cultural level is definitely not to the point of being erudite and talented, and he is definitely not so familiar with historical allusions, so Zhu Hu took the initiative to explain: "When Han Yu traveled in the Tang Dynasty, there was a person on the street riding a donkey to meet him, this person not only did not look at the road, but also had words in his mouth, and his hands were still doing 'push' and 'knock' movements from time to time, and he was brought to Han Yu by the guards, this person was the poet Jia Dao, Jia Island said that he was considering the poem 'Bird stays in the pond tree, The monk knocks on the door under the moon', is it better to use 'push' or 'knock', and Han Yu is both an official and a poet, saying that it is good to use 'knock', so the two became friends, and the word 'scrutiny' came out in this way, used to describe the word or meaning. ”

"There is such an allusion."

Zhu Di said with great satisfaction: "It seems that the national teacher is doing a good job. ”

Zhu Di seemed to be in a really good mood today, and he even praised Jiang Xinghuo in front of Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou.

"Brother Wang doesn't know, I have been tired this year, and now I can finally relax for two days, but this court, if you want to say tired, who has a national teacher who is busy and tired? There may be a few, but it's all done blindly for me to see, even if you are not busy, you may not be able to make any achievements, but the national teacher is different, the achievements made by the national teacher are obvious to all. ”

This is not easy to accept Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, don't look at Zhu Di as his own brother born by his mother, but Zhu Hu knows very well that if a person becomes an emperor, then he is not a person, and there are some things that the emperor can say, but he can't say it.

Talking is more important than doing things, for example, the emperor pulls him to sit on the couch together, then he can sit side by side with the emperor, the emperor has not seen his own brother for a long time, and he really wants to be close from the bottom of his heart, but if some words are said side by side, it will cause trouble.

But it's not good not to speak, the atmosphere is easy to be cold, this Zhu Di is on the rise.

So Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, picked up some things that overlapped with what Jiang Xinghuo did and said: "My little beast who is not angry sent a letter to his mother, and now it is floating on the sea. Thanks to the national teacher, give him a chance, otherwise if he stays at home, I will not be able to pump him every day. ”

"The king of Runan is willing to endure hardships himself."

Zhu Di admired Zhu Youjia more, thinking that he was a good man who dared to fight and kill, and he was forced to do something against his will under the pressure of Emperor Jianwen, and it was not a way to avoid being wiped out.

"Don't always take these things to heart, I was forced by Jianwen's little brute to eat pig in the pigsty and pretend to be crazy." Zhu Di patted Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, beside him and said.

Zhu Di, who has become an emperor from King Yan, has never been stingy in sharing his arduous struggle with his subordinates, just like many successful people are keen to recall the hardships they endured in the past.

It's just that Zhu Di is not only suffering, he is really pretending to be crazy and eating pig in order to survive and gain time for accumulating strength to build armor.

From this point of view, it is natural for a ruthless person like Zhu Di to win the world, because Zhu Yunwen will definitely not be able to speak.

"Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read."

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu said.

Zhu Di also knew that the other party was not easy to answer, so he didn't stay on this topic longer, and said instead: "In short, thanks to the national teacher, in the first year of my accession to the throne, I have made such achievements. The future of Daming is promising. ”

Jiang Xinghuo's eyebrows raised, big bloodsuckers generally don't boast so wildly, with this situation, they usually have to ask for help.

Really.

Zhu Di turned his head to Jiang Xinghuo and said: "National teacher, you also know that I will win the world immediately, but I am really not good at governing the world this time. If it is handed over to those gentry, I am even more uneasy, and I am relieved to have the national teacher watching. ”

"So, now that the New Year has passed, the affairs of the civil officials in Jingcha have been completed, and the military reform of the three major battalions on the Wuchen's side has also been completed, and I plan to take the three battalions north to fight the Tartars to protect the spring ploughing At that time, the affairs of the south will have to be entrusted to you and Chi'er."

Zhu Di's logic of fighting out of the fortress to protect spring ploughing, if it is put on ordinary people, it is very outrageous, the army out of the fortress, need a large number of people to provide logistical support, and the transfer of people will inevitably delay spring ploughing.

But if it is put on Zhu Di, it is quite normal.

Since the Tatar Ministry was so arrogant last year, attacking the 30,000 guards in Liaodong from the east to the west, and entering the Ningchuan Shuikou to fight the grass valley, Zhu Di would definitely not let them go.

"Where are you going to hit? Plug or nozzle? ”

On February 23, the 29th year of Hongwu, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, played Lao Zhu and said, "The cavalry patrolling the fortress is near, seeing that there is a detachment left on the road, and the Hu soldiers come and go, I am afraid that there will be trouble in the border of Kou", Lao Zhu thinks that "the Hu people are more treacherous, showing weakness to others, this must set up an ambush to lure our army, if the army chases, I am afraid that it will fall into its plan", Lao Zhu was afraid that the king of Ning would not have enough troops, so he asked Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to select a strong horse to arrive in Daning and Quanning, and monitor the soldiers and horses of the Northern Yuan Dynasty along the north and south of the river, and fight with the king of Ning, and the Beiping defense area was handed over to Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, Zhu Hu himself is not good at fighting, so he sent his son Zhu Youwu and his second son Zhu Youjiao to lead the three guards of Zhou Fan and the elite of the Henan Command Envoy to patrol Beiping with Zhu Gaoxu's troops who stayed in Beiping.

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, only knew so much about military affairs, so he could only ask that.

"There must be an outlet for the water and beat the Mongols." Zhu Di said decisively.

The "mouth" in the place name along the Great Wall generally refers to the natural water mouth or natural passage that passed through the construction of the Great Wall, and the water mouth refers to the Ningchuan water mouth, that is, after the Ningchuan water (Qingshui River in later generations) out of the Chongli deep mountain, the natural water mouth formed between the east and west Taiping Mountain (called the east and west high mountains in the Ming Dynasty) at the north end of Zhangjiakou urban area in later generations because the Great Wall can not block the natural waterway, so only the garrison is guarded by the fort, and with the passage of time, "Zhang" has become a local surname, and the folk have become "Zhangjiakou" by word of mouth.

"If you don't fight for three days, go to the house and uncover the tiles, I am no longer in the north, and the Mongolians are bold, if they don't teach a lesson, they will be hurt and scared, and they will think that my knife is not sharp enough!"

When Zhu Di said that he was up, he also stood up and swung his fist twice vigorously.

To tell the truth, for Zhu Di, living in the deep palace to deal with state affairs and balancing factions is far less interesting than personally riding a horse to command the army to fight.

And now that Zhu Di has basically sat on the throne, for him, the system of the examination law and the Jingcha has been decided, and the officials have a normal and stable promotion and demotion channel, he does not need to worry about it, and the old forces will be slowly replaced by the new forces loyal to him.

Both the Daming School of Administration and the Guozijian have now begun to teach more practical administrative knowledge, as well as loyalty to his thoughts of the Holy King.

In this way, the reserve officials were continuously cultivated, the imperial examination system began to change slowly, coupled with the steady progress of various policies such as agriculture, industry, and economy, and the increasing national strength of the Ming Dynasty, what else did he have to worry about?

Without the worries of the past, it is natural to engage in things that make you happy.

For Zhu Di, there is nothing happier than cutting people in person.

Jiang Xinghuo not only improved the cotton and steel composite armor with stronger defense, but also equipped the army under his command with more powerful firearms, reformed the military system, and now the soldiers are strong and strong, which is unprecedentedly powerful, and it is time to test all this through practice.

"The construction of Beijing City, as well as the Northern Expedition, will cost a lot of money."

When Jiang Xinghuo heard this, he was not dissatisfied.

Isn't it just money!

"Your Majesty, rest assured, there will be absolutely no shortage of military salaries."

"Good, good! The national teacher understands me! ”

Zhu Di smiled, he liked Jiang Xinghuo, unlike other ministers, when other ministers heard that he was going out to fight, they would only advise him to value peace, bullshit to value peace, and peace was all about fighting.

And even if he doesn't persuade his ministers, he will tell him that the dynasty has just ended the Jingjing, and now the population is scattered, the foundation is very thin, and he can't afford to fight anymore, in short, it's just two words - "no money".

But Jiang Xinghuo won't, Jiang Xinghuo not only supports him in the war, but also doesn't complain about the lack of money, and will also give him money, and the way to get money is not to scrape the ground, and it will not damage his rule and prestige.

This is simply the person he needs the most!

Jiang Xinghuo also smiled.

Make money, huh? It's easy, it's good to further expand the law and develop business.

But the development of commerce is actually digging the foundation of the feudal dynasty.

In other words, he bled the bloodsucker, and the bloodsucker drank his own blood and felt extremely sweet, and did not feel the slightest sense of slow death.

"National teacher, rest assured, if there is any opposition from the court at that time, report it to me, and I will support you!"

You see, the big bloodsucker has to thank us.

Jiang Xinghuo smiled and nodded.

At this time, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, suddenly pulled the sleeves of Zhu Di's dragon robe, and Zhu Di was slightly stunned before he reacted, so he said: "By the way, the national teacher, there is one more thing." ”

Zhu Di didn't grind, cleared his throat and said: "You mentioned it to me before, and you also asked the Fa Temple to get it, this "Relief Law" We don't learn from the Song Dynasty, and we don't get the government to directly interfere in the affairs of the medical hall, but we want to get the centralized cultivation of herbs, right?" ”

Jiang Xinghuo was stunned, because there were many and complicated things at hand at the end of the year, so after he explained this matter, he didn't pay any further attention, but he didn't expect Zhu Di to suddenly mention this stubble.

"Exactly."

"Brother Wang, you talk to the national teacher."

Zhou Wang Zhu Hu said: "That's the case, this king has always liked to study medicine, since he returned to the vassal country last year, he organized to continue to compile the "Saving Famine Materia Medica" that was interrupted before, this book is mainly to find local edible plants in Kaifeng, as well as plants in Huixian, Xinzheng, Zhongmu, Mixian and other places close to northern Henan, Taihang Mountain and Songshan in southern Shanxi because of the great disasters in the Central Plains, the people are displaced and often starve to death, this book is to think that in addition to recording rice grains, beans, melons and fruits, vegetables and other plants for daily consumption, Summarize some poisonous plants that can be eaten by simple treatment, so that they can be used to satisfy hunger in famine years. ”

Zhu Hu took out a booklet and handed it to Jiang Xinghuo, Jiang Xinghuo took the booklet and flipped through it, the first sentence of the booklet was written "Or in the famine, according to the map, there are everywhere, there are no hardships, you can live if you eat in the way, and the book will also help the people's livelihood", and the content behind it is similar to the "New Theory of the Human Body" that he taught Huikong, but this is a booklet for plants, which not only draws pictures of many plants collected, but also describes the morphology, growth environment, and processing and cooking methods.

"In order to compile this book, the wild plants collected were first planted in the garden of the palace, carefully observed, and confirmed that they were reliable before writing them into the book. The king is also very interested in this, if the imperial court is tight on the treasury, then the palace will come out with this money, which can be regarded as a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. ”

If other things are left to the vassal king to do, it will increase the prestige of the vassal king and threaten his throne, then this kind of research medicine, Zhu Di feels indifferent anyway, and this matter is not only in line with his personal interests for Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, but also can indeed do something for the Ming Dynasty, the current court finances are relatively tight, he is willing to pay for his own money, anyway, he also pays for a team of doctors and planting various plants all year round.

In fact, in the history of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, "Saving the Famine Materia Medica" Ming Yongle was engraved in Kaifeng for four years, as a botanical book dedicated to endemic plants and combined with edible aspects to save the famine, 414 kinds of plants were introduced, each plant is equipped with exquisite woodcut illustrations, of which there are 138 kinds of materia medica from the past dynasties, and 276 new species are added, which are divided into grasses, woods, rice cereals, fruits, vegetables, etc., which have great academic significance.

Because this book is a special book that records edible wild plants, it can not only grasp some of the main characteristics of plants, but also use some easy-to-understand, concise and accurate botanical terms, which plays an important role in the development of botany, and is also a sign of the development of Chinese materia medica from pharmacology to applied botany.

From this point of view, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, can also be regarded as the originator of a genre.

"His Royal Highness King Zhou is noble, I'm afraid it's the best way to do this!"

Jiang Xinghuo saw that someone was willing to take the initiative to work, so he naturally agreed, and Zhu Di also meant this, so Jiang Xinghuo carefully told Zhu Hu about social welfare and herbal cultivation.

Hearing that the imperial court wanted to encourage and support the establishment of small and micro pharmacies through small subsidies in economic policies, and the doctors of pharmacies to go to the countryside for medical treatment, so as to better help the poor who lacked medical resources and the population outside the city to see a doctor, Zhu Hu nodded again and again, saying that he would try it out in Kaifeng first.

(End of chapter)