Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Handu.

Zhu Youjian received the message from Zhang Tongchang:

Not only has Wei Guozheng successfully entered southern Zhili and captured a county...

Gong Yonggu, who he sent out last year to get behind the Donglu and give them a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, is also back!

Zhu Youjian was overjoyed and hurriedly took the train to Xiangyang.

He wanted to greet the Prince Consort in person!

At the same time, Zhu Youjian ordered Junzhou Shipyard to dispatch a fleet to Xiangyang along the waterway.

Because of the railway, it was only built as far as Fancheng.

He had to cross the river by boat to reach Xiangyang City.

Zhu Youjian went to Xiangyang this time not only to welcome Gong Yonggu, but also to verify the feasibility of running the train onto the ship.

In this era, even though there are "cheating devices" like him.

However, it is impossible to build such a large bridge across the Han River.

Zhu Youjian could only adopt the method that later generations did in Hainan - build a large ferry, let the train drive to the boat, and then transport it to the other side of the river.

Xiangyang is the pilot city.

As long as it is proven that it is feasible in this era, then neither the Yellow River nor the Yangtze River will be an obstacle to the Ming Dynasty.

The focus of Junzhou Shipyard this year is the experimental large ferry ship.

Once this technology matures, the world will be so vast that there will no longer be any natural danger that can stop China's wheels!

……

Nuanyang Palace.

Zhang Yan was sitting in Ruyan Xiaoxie.

On the ground, a pile of soft white paper was thrown.

"Hmm~!"

Zhang Yan rubbed her nose and threw the white tissue she had used to blow her nose on the ground.

"Hoo~!"

She took a deep breath, touched her burning nose, and said to the maid Xia He:

"Xiaohe, is my nose red?"

Zhang Yan's breathing was so heavy that she even had to open her mouth to breathe.

She caught a cold……

In mid-spring, the weather is getting warmer, but the temperatures in the morning and evening are relatively cold.

In addition, the palace is built on the top of a mountain, and Nuanyang Palace is the highest mountain top after the three main halls.

The day before yesterday was the full moon.

It happened to be a clear day, and the stars filled the sky like flowers blooming in the field.

The emperor sent a set of astronomical telescopes newly produced by the Ming Dynasty Royal Optical Factory.

Looking at the words "A No. [-]" on the inscription, Zhang Yan knew that this set of telescopes was the third set produced.

Overjoyed to see Liexin, Zhang Yan sensed the emperor's affection. It just so happened that she was tired of the original observation telescope for looking into the distant scenery.

So, Zhang Yan stared at the sky for most of the night.

When it's close to midnight, the disk-like moon hangs overhead.

Zhang Yan lay in front of the telescope again and looked at the moon for most of the night.

Those shadowy areas made Zhang Yan, who wanted to take a look at Chang'e, but couldn't find the location of "Guanghan Palace".

Zhang Yan had a gentle yet stubborn character. The more she couldn't find him, the more she wanted to look for her again.

Looking at it like this, I stayed up until the middle of the night.

The dew wetted my clothes...

Just like that, Zhang Yan was infected with the cold.

Although Wu Youxing had come personally to check her pulse and prescribe medicine.

The symptoms of headache and dizziness have been relieved.

This runny nose is getting worse and worse.

Wu Youxing said that it will probably last for about three days before the pain is gradually relieved.

"OK.

The empress’s nose is a little red.

The slave girl applies a compress to the empress. "

Xia He gently placed a piece of wet snowflake paper on Zhang Yan's red nose.

"Your Majesty, before you left, you asked the papermaking workshop to deliver the latest snowflake paper.

Touch it and see how soft this paper is!

Will it make you feel better if you stick it like this? "

"You girl, you are thoughtful."

The cool wet wipes relieved Zhang Yan's pain.

She sniffed hard, as if she had poured cement into her nose, and she still couldn't breathe.

"By the way, has Prince Ding been honest with Concubine Shen?"

Zhang Yan's words had a deep nasal tone.

Typhoid fever is contagious.

In order to prevent infection to Zhu Cijiong.

As soon as Zhang Yan felt uncomfortable, she sent Zhu Cijiong to Concubine Shen's palace.

This kid, since he tasted the sweetness of jujube last winter, has been going there every now and then.

Concubine Shen was once pregnant, but...

In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, the situation improved, so Chongzhen recalled most of the eunuchs sent out amid the scoldings of "all righteousness".

In just two years, the situation deteriorated again in the ninth year of Chongzhen.

The Bingzi incident occurred.

Hou Jin attacked North Korea, and North Korea paid tribute to Hou Jin. The loss of the flanks deteriorated the situation of the Pidao defenders, and the Ming Dynasty lost Pidao.

Chongzhen had no choice but to send out eunuchs again to guard the armies.

The eunuch is dispatched again...

Concubine Shen had a miscarriage...

At that time, the fetus was already formed, and one could even tell that it was a little princess from the dead baby.

She had a miscarriage at an early age, which hurt Concubine Shen's body.

She can never get pregnant again…

What happened to Concubine Shen was not an exception.

Emperor Chongzhen had four sons and four daughters, all of whom died young...

Even the five-year-old emperor Zhu Cihuan.

The death of Zhu Cihuan best proves the darkness of officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty and the emperor's frustration.

(The cause of Zhu Cihuan’s death was that Emperor Chongzhen wanted to encourage the bureaucracy to fund the rescue of the Ming Dynasty by asking nobles to donate money.

After killing Zhu Cihuan and demonstrating the capabilities of the bureaucracy, Chongzhen had no choice but to give up.

This matter finally ended with Chongzhen personally confessing his mistake. )

[If you kill a prince, the emperor will have to apologize to the ministers, and then the matter will be over. 】

……

The political struggle was bloody and cruel.

There are only a few numbers that can be recorded in the history books.

Later generations can only deduce some of the scenes at that time from between the lines.

These "little things" that are not even recorded in official history leave the parties involved with endless sorrow.

Her daughter was killed before she was born, and she was even unable to have children...

This matter became Concubine Shen's heartache.

She was depressed all day long.

After Wu Youxing established the Ming Dynasty Royal Hospital, Zhu Youjian asked him several times to diagnose and treat several concubines who had miscarried.

However, everyone else got better, but Concubine Shen was sentenced to death by Wu Youxing because "the disease was so deep-rooted that I was afraid that there was nothing I could do about it."

After Zhang Yan learned the news, as a woman who had the same problem and could no longer be a mother——

Why doesn't she understand Concubine Shen's pain?

Coincidentally, Zhu Cijiong was naughty and fell in love with the jujube tree in Concubine Shen's yard, and went to Concubine Shen frequently.

Because he had lived in Zhang Yan's family and played with the village children for a long time, Zhu Cijiong had a very sweet mouth, which made Concubine Shen laugh endlessly every time he went there.

After going back and forth like this, Concubine Shen's depressed mood became much happier.

Concubine Shen already regarded Zhu Cijiong as her own. When she saw Zhu Cijiong climbing the tree, she personally cut off all the sharp thorns on the tree.

She even protected him under the tree to prevent him from falling.

Last winter, I personally made two sets of cotton-padded clothes for Zhu Cijiong.

At the beginning of spring, two more sets of thin coats were sent.

Ordinary shoes, socks, hats, all kinds of pastries, snacks, and more.

Less than half of Concubine Shen's salary was spent on Zhu Cijiong.