Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1398 Taking medicine

   There is actually no shortcut to this kind of research.

   No matter how clever the brain is, it needs to be verified again and again.

   It takes countless failures to get one success.

  Zhu Houzhao has been cultivating with dozens of laboratories day and night.

   They have the method, but only God knows what kind of mold they cultivate.

   Whenever there is any discovery, it needs to be recorded, and its characteristics need to be recorded.

  Thinking that there may be some clues, I extracted the tuberculosis bacteria and tested it.

  His Royal Highness...the world has evaporated.

  The emperor's grandson was also properly protected.

  The palace was not safe, so he was sent to Zhan Shifu.

  Emperor Hongzhi's condition worsened day by day, and his cough became worse.

   Fortunately, the imperial doctors got some medicine, which made him feel better.

  The cabinet was afraid that His Majesty would not be able to hold on, so it went directly to discuss with the Supervisor of Rites for ordinary memorials, and approved those that should be popular.

  Report to Emperor Hongzhi only for important matters.

  Emperor Hongzhi held a report on the epidemic in his hand.

   In fact, there are too many such reports.

  When spring starts, it is spring plague. In summer, mosquitoes bring fever plague. Besides, there is also plague and countless other diseases.

  Daming is too big, and there are too many people, so almost every month, there will be reports of epidemics from all over the country.

"When I have this disease, I know that this disease is entangled in pain. I still have Xiao Ban by my side to take care of you, but is there anyone to take care of those sick people? food, neat clothes, and an imperial doctor, but they... have nothing, what an embarrassing situation..."

  Emperor Hongzhi sighed, his eyes turned red.

   I don't know whether I am lamenting my own fate or the suffering of the people.

   "I hope that my crown prince will succeed in the future and treat them better. I believe that the crown prince will not let them down."

  Emperor Hongzhi's tears flowed down like ripples. The older he got, the less able he was to restrain his emotions.

He smiled immediately: "I still remember that I was still young at that time, and the prince was only half the height of a man. After I was busy with the memorial in my hand, I took his hand, father and son walked at night, along the root of the imperial city, walked, Just one or two hours. At that time, he had short legs and always limped on purpose. He wanted to use this to tell me that he was tired. But now...he is in his prime, walking like a dragon and a tiger, no matter how far he walks, I won't get tired, but I...can't walk anymore. Prince...is he still making medicine?"

  Xiao Jing carefully wiped the spittle from Emperor Hongzhi's mouth.

  Then, he tried the temperature of the tea on the desk with his hand. It seemed to be hot, so he pulled his hand away: "Yes, Your Majesty, the crown prince is working on medicine. It has been more than half a month and he hasn't left the research institute in Xishan."

  Emperor Hongzhi said: "I really want to see him, let him take a closer look at him in front of me, it's a pity..."

   "Your Majesty..." Xiao Jing took a deep look at Emperor Hongzhi: "There is one thing that I don't know...whether I should say it or not."

   "It's okay for you to say."

Xiao Jing was silent for a moment, then lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, in Beijing, Zhu Zhiyu, the king of Anhua, told people everywhere...His Royal Highness, he doesn't look like a king, disloyal and filial, and the emperor's grandson is still young, unbearable Big Ren..."

  Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "The king of Anhua who used to be in Ningxia?"

   "Yes." Xiao Jing hooked his body: "Since he moved to the capital, he has made friends with ministers everywhere. I heard...he has a lot of silver."

   "Huh?" Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help asking: "How did he get so much money...cough cough..."

Xiao Jing caressed Emperor Hongzhi's back to let the emperor calm down, and he continued: "This Ningxia is a place of vital importance, guarding the throat, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, merchants should go to the frontier to pay the tax , handed over to the Ministry of Households, distributed to the border areas to help military supplies, called annual silver. After that, in the Chenghua period, the first emperor felt that it was troublesome, so it was better to directly give the silver paid by the merchants to the border town officials on the spot. Military use. Originally, there was no problem with this, but since the discovery of a large amount of minerals in Hexi, the number of merchants in Ningxia, but also in the Azi Hexi Corridor, has increased day by day, and more and more money has been collected. This place, King Anhua, made a lot of profit from it. And... the silver mine he discovered in his feudal land also earned a lot of silver."

   "After moving to the capital, he has a lot of gold and silver. He not only bought a lot of real estate, but also bought a lot of stocks, and his net worth is extremely high."

There was something flickering in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi knew something about some vassal kings who were greedy for money in their vassal lands and withheld tax money, but they generally didn't care about it. After all, they were their own relatives. A thorough investigation will implicate many people. At that time, if the emperor severely punishes these vassal kings, it will inevitably lead to rumors that the emperor is harsh on his relatives.

But…

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt even more depressed: "I pampered him...but let him talk nonsense."

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Jing said: "The problem is not limited to this. When King Anhua arrived in the capital, he had money, but he also had quite a few clans. Since he moved to the capital, he has lost some financial resources and his life has fallen into a difficult situation. The king is also willing to donate money to them, so he has a very good reputation, and now he is saying these things secretly, there are quite a few people who agree."

  Emperor Hongzhi shot a cold light in his eyes, and then coughed again: "Ahem...he...what does he want to do? Unworthy descendants, really unworthy descendants, does he still dare to have unreasonable thoughts?"

  Xiao Jing was silent.

  He dared not report these words.

  It is understandable that the clans have emotions. The local emperor, who was originally one side, suddenly recruited the capital. Well, if you come to the capital, come to the capital. After finally settling down, they were divided again.

  Before I dared to pull myself out of the fief, the result was that I was going to enclose myself thousands of miles away.

  No one would dare to speak out about this kind of dissatisfaction, but now, when His Majesty is critically ill, many rumors and rumors, as well as some forces that are about to move, have begun to rise.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked cold: "Who are the people who are close to him?"

  Xiao Jingdao: "The factory guard... is secretly investigating. In this, it may not only involve the clan, but also some..."

Emperor Hongzhi restrained his killing intent, loosened his clenched fist weakly, and slowly closed his eyes, with an indifferent look on his face: "I usually...are you too generous. When I was studying history, I saw Mrs. Emperor Zugao and Emperor Wen killed decisively, always felt that the blood was too **** and the crime was too serious, but now it seems...to investigate thoroughly..." He opened his eyes: "Don't startle the snake."

   "Cough cough...cough cough..."

Although it seemed that Emperor Hongzhi tried his best to suppress his temper, his breathing was heavy. He covered his heart and coughed desperately: "I feel... I feel... my heart is burning and I can't breathe out ..." Then, panting heavily.

  Xiao Jing became anxious, and his eyes were red again: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... slaves will die, slaves shouldn't have said this to Your Majesty at this time."

  He had to report.

   But he also knew that Emperor Hongzhi was a man of great affection.

Even for these clansmen, more or less, they feel that they are all blood relatives of the same clan. Now Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu is like this, and some clans follow suit, which makes Emperor Hongzhi worry that if he dies, the world will not be peaceful He was afraid that the prince would not be able to suppress these uncles, and he was also saddened by the betrayal of some clan relatives.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes, his breathing became more and more rapid, but he looked at Xiao Jing coldly: "What about my brothers, my brothers, King Xing, King Yi, King Heng, King Shou, King Ru, King Jing Wait, they... are they involved?"

  These people are all the younger brothers of Emperor Hongzhi.

At the beginning, Emperor Chenghua always had no sons, and only loved Concubine Wan Gui, but Concubine Wan Gui could not give birth to a son, and was jealous. Therefore, Emperor Chenghua had no sons until the child born to Emperor Hongzhi, a court lady, was born. And being established as the crown prince, Concubine Wan Gui lost her hope, so she didn't care about the Chenghua Emperor. The Chenghua Emperor gave birth to many sons after that.

   These are all close brothers of the same lineage as Emperor Hongzhi, and they are also the reason why Emperor Hongzhi is most worried.

Xiao Jingdao: "I have never heard of it. These princes participated in this matter, and this matter was reported to Jin Yiwei by King Xing. King Xing found Commander Mou and said that some clans secretly criticized the affairs of the palace. , This made the factory guards vigilant, followed the clues, and found out the clues, otherwise, Jin Yiwei has been underestimated all these years, how dare he go to spy on those feudal lords?"

  Emperor Hongzhi was relieved when he heard that his brothers were not involved in this matter, and just coughed desperately.

  Xiao Jing took it with a veil, and the veil was bloodshot again.

   "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Xiao Jing said worriedly: "Your Majesty, don't think about these things for the time being, as long as there are slaves waiting..., it is really impossible, isn't there still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

   "He...cough cough..." Emperor Hongzhi said: "He acted recklessly. Apart from curing diseases, knitting sweaters, building steam cars, building houses, and leading soldiers to fight, what else does he know?"

  …

   "Your Majesty." At this moment, an **** hurried in from outside: "Your Majesty...His Royal Highness is asking for an audience with the Duke of Qi, and here are...a lot of people from the medical school..."

  Emperor Hongzhi already felt that he was about to suffocate. He gritted his teeth desperately, and insisted on speaking: "What is he here for? I don't see...I don't see them, let them hide away from me."

   "They said they came for medicine."

   Taking medicine...

  Emperor Hongzhi was silent.

   What kind of medicine do you take?

  Xiao Jing immediately said: "Take medicine? Is there any cure for this tuberculosis?"

  …

  Chapter 2 was delivered, and I was happy to see many people donating.

  (end of this chapter)