The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Is it still a big deal if the prince leaves the palace?

At this moment, Emperor Hongzhi is more worried about the decline of people's livelihood. Yan Chengjin has always been reserved, but adding another 20% is only 40%...

At this time, the eunuch came in to report: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent memorial."

Emperor Hongzhi flipped through the memorial and gradually his eyes became hazy. He had heard the memorials submitted by various departments for several days, and he had accumulated deep guilt in his heart: "Could it be that my administration is unkind and I have made mistakes in my inspections, which led to this situation?"

Seeing his face suddenly change, Li Dongyang asked with concern: "Your Majesty, what is this?"

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "It is a memorial sent by the supervisor of the Shaanxi Yuanma Temple. You can also take a look."

Yan Chengjin's heart moved. He didn't expect that the memorial from the Shaanxi Yuanma Temple would be delivered so quickly?

According to the records of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, in response to the serious shortage of war horses, Emperor Hongzhi once opened up tea-for-horses, that is, using tea to exchange horses with a few nomadic peoples.

But relying entirely on ethnic minorities did not fundamentally solve the problem of war horses in the Hongzhi Dynasty.

Otherwise, by the end of the Hongzhi period, there would not be only one-fifth left, which was a serious shortage.

"The horse policy is in danger!"

Li Dongyang read the memorial and his face changed drastically. The most important thing for a country is not to rush the army, and the most important thing for the army is not to rush the horse.

Now the horse policy crisis in Shaanxi is followed by the lack of horse riding exercises in the border army and the reduction of defense strength.

Emperor Hongzhi cast a hopeful look at Yan Chengjin: "Mr. Yan, can this method be used on horses?"

Yan Chengjin said: "Horses and cattle should be the same. If the experiment of Changning Earl is successful, I think it can be used on horses."

When Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang heard this, they all saw hope and had a little more expectation.

"But Changning Earl bought hundreds of oxen. Without oxen, how can those tenants farm?" Liu Jian was worried.

"The north only grows crops once a year. Now it's October. When we need oxen again, it will be April next year. There's still a long time. I think there's nothing wrong with what Lord Changning did. Only when there are enough oxen can we select excellent breeding cattle."

After spring plowing, there's almost no need for cattle. Wait until October next year, when the oxen will give birth.

In other words, there's no better time to select and breed than now.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

Today, perhaps because there were too many things piled up in his mind, Emperor Hongzhi decided to have lunch in Kunning Palace and sent someone to the East Palace to call Zhu Houzhao.

"You left the palace again a few days ago?" Emperor Hongzhi didn't even look at him, just picking up the dishes calmly.

Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded.

Holding the bowl, he didn't say a word for a long time, and looked at Empress Zhang for help. Empress Zhang glanced at the father and son. His Majesty seemed to have something to say, so she didn't say much.

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to say, "Yes, I was wrong, and I will never do it again."

Xiao Jing on the side couldn't help rolling his eyes. He had heard this so many times.

Emperor Hongzhi said lightly, "Well done."

Zhu Houzhao's jaw dropped in shock. Did his father's head get caught by a donkey's buttocks?

Emperor Hongzhi was a little resentful: "I give these foreign relatives and nobles salaries every month and support them, but when it comes to using them, they all refuse to step forward."

He had been beaten so many times by Emperor Hongzhi that not being beaten was something worth celebrating for Zhu Houzhao. He felt like he had received a great reward.

My father had never praised him like this before!

He put down the bowl and slid to the Hanyuan happily.

"Lao Gao, my father just praised me!" Zhu Houzhao danced with joy.

Yan Chengjin said unhappily: "It is very cold now, many war horses have frozen to death in the Yuanma Temple in Shaanxi. If the experiment of the Earl of Changning succeeds, the problems of farmers and war horses can be solved. Perhaps your majesty is worried about this, so he did not scold you."

When Zhu Houzhao heard about the horse policy, he immediately became interested.

Yan Chengjin said: "I still have to compile the "Law of the Strong in Animal Husbandry". If your highness is bored, go and play with the eunuchs."

Feeling that staying in the Hanyuan was boring, Zhu Houzhao slipped out of the palace alone and came to Zhou Mansion.

"Where are my cows?"

Zhou Yu received him in a friendly voice: "Cows? The cows are living well, with food and water, and they don't have to plow the land. I sent cowherds and veterinarians to take care of them. They are in the cowshed."

"Take me to see it."

Zhou Yu was wondering why the prince was so concerned about this.

His cowshed was built at the foot of Shijing Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing. It took almost an hour to get out of the capital even on a fast horse.

There were thatched houses built here, and cows were kept separately in them, all of them were masters.

Zhu Houzhao turned around and was immediately happy: "I'm asking you, are you pregnant?"

Zhou Yu said with a bitter face: "No, Your Highness... It's only been a month."

Zhu Houzhao also felt that he was too hasty, so he slipped out of the palace every now and then and came to Shijingshan to see the cows.

Yan Chengjin finished writing "The Law of the Strong in Animal Husbandry" in just two days, and squeezed out all the biology knowledge he had in high school.

Wang Shouren started to question him again.

Seeing Yan Chengjin put down his pen, he said: "Brother Gao, the sage said that only by studying things can you gain knowledge. Brother Gao, if you don't study things, how can you understand the principle of natural selection from the saying that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes?"

This bastard has been watching him since he started writing.

He didn't make a sound to interrupt him until he finished writing, then he said that.

"There are always many reasons. If you don't do it, how can you know whether it is feasible just by watching?" Yan Chengjin asked.

Wang Shouren suddenly fell into deep thought: "But... Brother Gao didn't do anything?"

“…”

I didn't do it, but someone did.

Of course, Yan Chengjin couldn't tell him that in his previous life, many people had proven the principles of natural selection and modern evolution.

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Today, Yan Chengjin went to the cabinet to return the "Cun Xin Lu" and found out that Li Dongyang had taken a rest.

Having won the first prize under Li Dongyang, he can be regarded as his disciple.

What's more, he is Hong Zhichao's most stable leg, and he is estimated to be a few steps ahead of him.

After getting off duty, Yan Chengjin caught a few good three-yellow running chickens and brought He Neng to the Li Mansion.

Although Li Dongyang's father was a member of the military, he was doing very well.

Li Dongyang has two houses, one he bought himself and one given by Emperor Hongzhi.

They are a truly wealthy family in the capital, no worse than Cheng Minzheng. The house they live in is a five-in and five-out mansion, luxurious and spacious.

According to legend, this was the private residence of Liang Fang, the eunuch of the former dynasty, and was given to Li Dongyang by Emperor Hongzhi.

There were three eunuchs in the previous dynasty, Wang Zhi, Liang Fang, and Shang Ming, whose hands and eyes could reach heaven.

Wang Zhi was the most powerful, Liang Fang was the richest, and Shang Ming each had half.

You can imagine how luxurious the private residence built by Liang Fang is, with pavilions and pavilions, beautiful lakes and mountains, and a very rationally planned green area.

Yan Chengjin followed the doorman into the courtyard.

Li Dongyang caught a cold because he didn't cover himself with a quilt at night. At this moment, he was reading by the stove, wrapped in a thick coat, but he was not so bad that he couldn't get out of bed.

He looks pretty good, with an upright and solemn face, a beautiful chin and beard, and a turban hat. Scholars like Li Dongyang and Cheng Minzheng basically look like old Confucian scholars when they stay at home.

Yan Chengjin smiled and said: "I came here to visit my mentor."

Li Dongyang coughed a few times and pointed to the chair next to him: "Come and sit."

Yan Chengjin walked over and sat down.

A curling figure came over carrying hot medicinal soup.

This woman has a fairy-like appearance, hands like catkins, and skin like gelatin. She has eyebrows on her head and beautiful eyes. She is somewhat similar to Li Dongyang.

Seeing her, Li Dongyang changed his aloof expression in the court and showed a smile like an old father: "Don't worry, Dad, go back quickly, don't catch a cold."

The beautiful woman nodded towards Yan Chengjin, turned around and left gently.

I have heard from Zhu Houzhao that Li Dongyang was also romantic when he was young and wrote poems everywhere. The plot of the story is highly similar to the plot of "Xia Yuhe on the Bank of Daming Lake".

If you guessed correctly, the person just now should be "Ziwei".

I coded another 3600 and deleted it and reduced it to 2K. I didn’t expect it to be so late. I’m really sorry...